Evaluation of ProLife 10 FORTE on Gut Microbiota Composition in UC Patients
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Prolife, Placebo.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Ulcerative Colitis in Remission. Basic parameters: 18 years — 75 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
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Official title
Evaluation of the Effects of 10-strain Probiotic (ProLife 10 FORTE) on Gut Microbiota Composition in Patients Presenting with Ulcerative Colitis During the Remission Phase
Overview
This clinical trial aims to learn if the probiotic Prolife 10 Forte could improve the Gut Microbiota composition of Ulcerative colitis patients during the remission phase. The main questions it seeks to answer are: * Does Prolife 10 Forte improve the microbiota composition in patients with Ulcerative colitis? * Is it possible to highlight the variation in microbial pathways? * What clinical parameters vary and are associated with changes in the gut microbiota? Researchers will compare Prolife 10 Forte to a placebo (a look-alike substance containing no drug) to see if the probiotics improve microbiota. Participants will: * Take 1 vial/day of Prolife 10 Forte /Placebo for 60 days. * Visit the clinic two times for checkups, Questionaire and tests
Detailed description
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, idiopathic inflammatory disease that affects the colon. It is characterized by relapsing and remitting mucosal inflammation, and it can either affect only the rectum or extend along the colon. It is known that the gut microbiota also affects UC pathology. When its composition is altered, some microbiota-dependent mechanisms may be lost, resulting in an unbalanced relationship with the host: this condition is known with the name dysbiosis.Differences in gut microbiome composition and function have been associated with a variety of chronic diseases ranging from gastrointestinal inflammatory and metabolic conditions to neurological, cardiovascular, and respiratory illnesses.
Some trials have already been performed to understand if probiotics can also help in the UC management. For what concerns the human population, the literature contains many studies performed to evaluate the effect of different products on active or remitting disease. Most of the available literature is related to the use of a multiple-strain probiotic demonstrated that probiotic strains led to remission in some UC patients, with significant improvement in rectal bleeding and stool frequency, mucosal appearance, and clinical evaluation.
Prolife 10 FORTE has already been tested by our team to evaluate its composition and its ability to reach the gut, with positive results (unpublished data). Our team has performed the Shotgun analysis of the Prolife 10 FORTE that has confirmed the presence of all 10 strains of probiotics. The metabolic parameters of the product were also analyzed, highlighting a potential enrichment in the production of SCFA and in the fermentative pathways' degradation of starches, the biosynthesis of deoxyribonucleotides, and vitamins B2, B9, K, etc...
Thus, considering these positive premises, we now want to verify if Prolife 10 FORTE could improve the Gut Microbiota composition of UC patients during the remission phase.
Interventions
- Dietary supplement Prolife
randomized in a 1:1 ratio to treatment :1 vial/day for 60 days. - Dietary supplement Placebo
Placebo: 1 vial/day for 60 days.
Primary outcome measures
- Evaluation of the gut microbiota composition variation (microbiota test) [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment 8 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Evaluation of gut microbiota pathways variation ( Picrust analysis) [Time frame: The microbiota analysis period, after 16S analysis: 2 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of UC confirmed by clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological evidence. Disease in remission phase confirmed by clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological evidence.
- Age between 18 and 75 years old.
- Ability of the subject to participate fully in all aspects of this clinical trial.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with active UC are determined by clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological evidence.
- Known diagnosis of CD, indeterminate colitis, ischemic colitis, radiation colitis, diverticular disease associated with colitis or microscopic colitis.
- Positive stool culture for active C. difficile.
- Pregnant women.
- Allergy to soy or fructose (contained in Prolife 10 FORTE)
- Patients under antibiotic and/or probiotic treatment within 10 days before visit1.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- Edoardo Vincenzo Savarino — Padua
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06642883 · 5890/AO/23