Effect of Wheat Dextrin on Calcium and Magnesium Absorption (Benefiber)

Creighton University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Colonic Inertia

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: wheat dextrin; Dietary Supplement: placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01230840

09-15249

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare calcium and magnesium absorption within subjects with and without chronic consumption of wheat dextrin.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects will be generally healthy Caucasian females aged 19 and older with no known abnormalities of gastrointestinal function, and taking no medications that might alter absorptive performance. BMI will be between 19 and 31 kg/m2

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control cookies will contain no wheat dextrin and will be taken 3 times daily for 2 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: placebo

wheat dextrin

Experimental group

Description:

wheat dextrin (formulated according to the supporter's established method), will be baked in cookies providing three doses per day (≈5 gram of wheat dextrin in each dose)for 2 weeks.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: wheat dextrin