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Last refreshed on: 11 March 2024
Main ID:  NCT03667404
Date of registration: 10/09/2018
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Northwestern University
Public title: Resistant Maltodextrin for Gut Microbiome in Parkinson's Disease: Safety and Tolerability Study
Scientific title: Gut Microbial Remodeling With Resistant Maltodextrin for Motor and Non-motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: Safety and Tolerability Study
Date of first enrolment: November 6, 2018
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03667404
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Roneil G Malkani
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Affiliation:  Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Neurology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Men and women age =60 years

- Diagnosis of PD based on United Kingdom PD brain bank criteria, Hoehn and Yahr stage
1-3.

- Stable dose of PD medications for 30 days prior to study and for duration of study

- If used, stable dose of melatonin, sedative/hypnotic or stimulant medications

Exclusion Criteria:

- use of other prebiotic or probiotic treatment for 30 days prior to or during the study

- unstable medical or psychiatric disorder

- history of diabetes mellitus or current use of medication for diabetes

- cognitive impairment based on Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) <25.

- current or recent (within previous 3 weeks) use of laxatives

- use of antibiotics in the past 30 days

- participation in another clinical trial in the past 30 days.



Age minimum: 60 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Intestinal Bacteria Flora Disturbance
Dietary Modification
Parkinson Disease
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: maltodextrin
Dietary Supplement: Resistant maltodextrin
Primary Outcome(s)
Adverse events [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Gut microbial remodeling [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
STU00207142
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Ethics review
Results
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