Efficacy Assessment of Probiotics in Improving Sleep Indices

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Insomnia

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: PS150; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT06361368

NYCU112174AF

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine whether PS150 (1) reduces insomnia symptoms, (2) improves sleep quality, (3) adjusts autonomic nervous system functioning, (4) reduces the severity of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and (5) adjusts microbiome and endocrine functions.

Full description

One-hundred-forty participants with self-reported insomnia (PSQI≥ 7 & 22 > ISI ≥ 12) aged between 20 and 60 years old are estimated to be recruited and randomly assigned to two arms, the PS150 group and the placebo group, under the double-blinded trial. Participants take one capsule of probiotics or placebo after dinner for 30 days. Study measures include polysomnography (PSG), subjective sleep, depressive, and anxiety questionnaires, sleep diary, fecal sampling, saliva testing, and urine testing.

Enrollment: 140 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. aged 20-60 years old,
2. self-reported Insomnia (PSQI ≥ 7 & 22 > ISI ≥ 12),
3. 17.5 < BMI < 35 kg/m^2, and
4. regular sleep cycle.

Exclusion criteria

1. used antibiotic, sleep aids, tranquilizers, or antipsychotic treatment within the last month,
2. used other probiotic products within the last month,
3. taking medications known to commonly induce sleep disorders (such as corticosteroids, antihistamines, and stimulants, etc.) or currently undergoing hormone therapy, including contraceptive pills,
4. have undergone hepatobiliary gastrointestinal tract surgery
5. lactic acid bacteria allergy,
6. with cancer, cardiovascular disease, psychiatric illness, or kidney disease,
7. with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus or hypertension,
8. with sleep disorders other than insomnia,
9. allergic to lactobacillus,
10. reported tobacco, alcohol, caffeine or drug addiction,
11. traveled to different time zone in long-distance trip within the last month,
12. participated in other interventional studies within the last three months, and
13. evaluated as unsuitable participant by PI.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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140 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

PS150

Experimental group

Description:

Each PS150 (Limosilactobacillus fermentum) capsule contained 5 × 10\^9 colony forming units (CFU) , 1 capsule daily use.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: PS150

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The placebo capsule contains microcrystalline cellulose, 1 capsule daily use.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo