Status:

COMPLETED

Personalized Obesity Management - Matching Dietary Fibers and Microbial Enterotype

Lead Sponsor:

University of Copenhagen

Conditions:

Overweight and Obesity

Weight Loss

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The overall aim of this 12-week randomized controlled trial is to investigate if a dietary fiber supplement rich in arabinoxylans (AX) affects weight loss success differently according to baseline gut...

Detailed Description

First, we hypothesize that participants who have a predominantly Prevotella enterotype (inferred by a high Prevotella/Bacteroides-ratio) will lose more body weight after AX supplementation compared to...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Apparently healthy men or women (self-reported nonpregnant, nonlactating, and not planning a pregnancy in the next 4 months)
  • BMI: 25 to 40 kg/m2
  • Non-smoker
  • Want to maintain or lose weight
  • Willing to consume wheat buns on a daily basis

Exclusion

  • Consumption of whole grain products with every meal
  • Use of antibiotics 60 days prior to the start of the study. If a participant uses antibiotics prior to randomization, they will be invited to be re-screened 3 months after the last use of antibiotics, provided that it is realistic to complete the study no later than the scheduled LPLV
  • Dietary supplements with pro- and/or prebiotics 6 weeks prior to study
  • Self-reported eating disorders
  • Being a bodybuilder (\>4 strength training sessions per week)
  • Alcohol intake above the recommendation from the Danish Health and Medicines Authority (\>21 units of alcohol per week)
  • Night- or shift work
  • Chronic diseases e.g. cancer within the past 5 years (except adequately-treated localized basal cell skin cancer), asthma, thyroid disease, cardiovascular disease, type 1 or 2 diabetes, inflammatory diseases, and celiac disease
  • Disorders: neurological, sleep, diagnosed psychiatric disorder and gastrointestinal and liver disorders
  • Surgical treatment of obesity and abdominal surgery
  • Inability, physically or mental, to comply with the procedures required by the study protocol as evaluated by the daily study manager, principal investigator or clinical responsible
  • Subject's general condition contraindicates continuing the study as evaluated by the daily study manager, principal investigator or clinical responsible
  • Simultaneous blood donation for another purpose than this study
  • Simultaneous participation in other clinical intervention studies

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 13 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 13 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

95 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05260762

Start Date

April 13 2022

End Date

June 13 2023

Last Update

June 22 2023

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University of Copenhagen

Frederiksberg, Denmark, 1958