Role of the Microbiota in Intestinal Adaptation During Short Bowel Syndrome
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: collection of blood and stool/chyme and intestinal biopsy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS). Basic parameters: from 18 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
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Official title
Role of the Microbiota in Intestinal Adaptation During Short Bowel Syndrome: a Longitudinal Follow-up
Overview
During the first years following intestinal resection, spontaneous physiological adaptations occur in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS), allowing improvement of the absorptive capacity of the remaining intestine. This adaptation is particularly effective in SBS patients with the colon in continuity. The specific relationship between this intestinal adaptation and changes in the gut microbiota has not been studied in these patients. We hypothesize that there is a specific relationship between the microbiota and its metabolites and intestinal adaptive capacity, and that certain gut bacteria may promote this spontaneous adaptation.
Detailed description
We know that spontaneous adaptation, including weaning from parenteral nutrition, is more likely in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) who have the colon in continuity. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We have shown that the gut microbiota is altered in patients with SBS, with an overabundance of lactic acid bacteria (bacteria responsible for fermentation). It is therefore possible that some of these bacteria may promote spontaneous adaptation and improved absorption in patients with SBS with a colon in continuity, thereby enabling weaning from parenteral nutrition.
In the proposed research, we will study changes in the composition of the gut microbiota in adults with SBS before and at the beginning of the restoration of colonic continuity within the digestive tract (new type 2 SBS patients). To this end, we will compare changes in fecal bacterial populations with the intestine's capacity to adapt and absorb nutrients.
This will make it possible to identify specific factors within the microbiota or in the substances they produce (microbial biomarkers) that could become future targets for improving energy absorption. To address the research question, it is planned to include 15 individuals with SBS, followed in the gastroenterology and nutritional support department at Beaujon Hospital in Clichy
Primary Objective:
To study the relationship between intestinal absorptive capacity in adults with type 2 short bowel syndrome (jejuno-colic anastomosis) and the composition of the fecal microbiota after the restoration of colonic continuity.
Interventions
- Other collection of blood and stool/chyme and intestinal biopsy
The only procedures added by the study are the collection of an additional volume of blood and stool/chyme during samples taken as part of routine care, as well as an intestinal biopsy
Primary outcome measures
- Correlation between intestinal absorptive capacity in adults with type 2 short bowel syndrome after restoration of digestive continuity and changes in the fecal microbiota [Time frame: from inclusion until 12 months post surgery]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age ≥18 years
- Diagnosis of short bowel syndrome with a jejunostomy and a plan to restore jejuno-colic continuity within 3 months
- Remaining post-duodenal small intestine (after the ligament of Treitz) < 200 cm
- Remaining colon > 14%
- Remaining small intestine and colon are healthy (no residual inflammatory, post-radiation, or ischemic disease)
- Patient enrolled in a social security system or entitled to coverage
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnancy
- Patient unable to provide consent:
- Due to a disability preventing consent
- Does not understand French
- Patient deprived of liberty, or under legal protection (guardianship or curatorship)
- Participation in another interventional study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07530055 · APHP221024 · IDRCB: 2025-A01399-40