FaibaLite - Reduce Weight, One Bite at a Time

University of Bern

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: FibreGum chewing gum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07045766

FaibaLite

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the suitability of a fiber-enriched chewing gum as a practical and accessible approach to support healthy body weight management.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Written Informed Consent
• Healthy adults aged 18 to 65 years (inclusive), as determined by the investigator
• BMI of 23 to 40 kg/m2 (inclusive)
• Living in Switzerland
• Ability and willingness to follow the study protocol (e.g., cognitive capacity for compliance, gum chewing)
• Access and willingness to use an electronic device (e.g., mobile phone, computer or tablet)
• Access to a scale to self-report weight

Exclusion criteria

• Current weight loss therapy with Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists or other non-prescription products (at investigator's discretion)
• Treatment with a GLP-1 agonist within the past 2 months
• Initiation/Discontinuation of nicotine product use (>1 nicotine product per day, e.g., (e-)cigarette, gum) within the last 2 months (at investigator's discretion)
• Significant change in medication within the last 2 months (at investigator's discretion)
• Unable to chew gum 3 times daily (e.g. due to dental issues, at investigator's discretion)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

FibreGum Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants chew one fiber-containing gum (FibreGum) three times daily (morning, noon, and evening) for at least 20 minutes each, over two months, with the option to extend the intervention to three months.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: FibreGum chewing gum