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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03958708
Date of registration: 14/05/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
Public title: Modulation of Gut Microbiota by Rifaximin in PD Patients
Scientific title: Modulation of Gut Microbiota by Rifaximin in PD Patients
Date of first enrolment: May 13, 2019
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03958708
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Chientai Hong, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +886-2-22490088
Email: ct.hong@tmu.edu.tw
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Fulfill the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinson's
disease.

2. Hoen and Yahe stage I or II

3. Age between 45-70 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Severe systemic disease (liver cirrhosis greater than Child's A, glomerular filtration
rate<60 ml/min/1.73m2, NYHA class 2 and above, or any active malignancy)

2. Past history of following gastrointestinal diseases (inflammatory bowel disease,
peptic ulcer with perforation, biliary tract diseases with cholecystectomy,
pancreatitis, any gastrointestinal malignancy)

3. Regularly prescribed probiotics or fermented food in past six months

4. Regularly prescribed antibiotics or metformin in the past six months

5. Mini-mental status test below 22 scores.



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson Disease
Inflammation
Intervention(s)
Drug: Rifaximin 550 MG
Primary Outcome(s)
Change of gut microbiota [Time Frame: Immediate after treatment/ 6-month after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood biomarkers of neuroinflammation and exosomal alpha-synuclein [Time Frame: 6-month after treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
N201805044
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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