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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01235026
Date of registration: 01/11/2010
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Chile
Public title: Synbiotics and Low Grade Inflammation in Obese Subjects
Scientific title: Impact of the Administration of a Synbiotic on Low Grade Inflammation in Obese Subjects
Date of first enrolment: November 2010
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01235026
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Chile
Contacts
Name:     Martin Gotteland, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 56-2-9781471
Email: mgottela@inta.cl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- BMI > 30

- Non-smokers

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current digestive diseases or antecedents of chronic digestive diseases and/or
malabsorption (celiac disease, Inflammatory bowel diseases, gastroduodenal ulcers,
digestive malignancies, etc)

- Use of drugs that could interfere with the intestinal microbiota or with the
integrity of the gut barrier function (antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs,
laxatives, prokinetics, etc.) during the three weeks preceding the start the study

- Treatments (medication or nutritional program) affecting body weight or glucose
control

- Basal glycemia>130mg/dl (evaluated with glucose-meter)

- Immunodeficiencies (HIV, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, organ transplant).

- Current participation or recent previous having participation in another clinical
trial.

- Pregnant or breastfeeding women.

- Consumption of probiotic products

- Drug or alcohol abuse



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetes Mellitus Type-2
Metabolic Syndrome
Obesity
Insulin Resistance
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Synbiotic
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Plasmatic Interleukin-6 (IL-6) [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Plasmatic LBP [Time Frame: 10 weeks]
Lipid profile [Time Frame: 10 weeks]
Glucose tolerance curve [Time Frame: 10 weeks]
glucose tolerance curve [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Plasmatic sCD14 [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Plasmatic LPS-binding protein [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
plasmatic ultrasensitive C-Reactive Protein [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Plasmatic usCRP [Time Frame: 10 weeks]
Plasmatic IL-6 [Time Frame: 10 weeks]
Lipid profile [Time Frame: 6 weeks]
Plasmatic sCD14 [Time Frame: 10 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
Fondecyt-1080519
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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