Microbiome Changes in Travelers to Tropical Destinations

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Intestinal Diseases

Treatments: Other: feces sample

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02295254

SHEBA-14-1543-ES-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The human gut contain a wide range of microorganisms creating the gut microbiome. The microbiome has great impact on metabolic and immunologic processes and responses. Travelers who travel to tropical destinations where the intestinal infection risk is high are prone to microbiome changes. During the current study the travelers will give feces specimen before and after the travel and their microbiome will be analyzed.

Full description

Individual differences in the microorganisms variety are affected by external factors such as food, age, geographic location, medication consumption, host genetics and exposure to microorganisms in early stages of life. During the current study the geographic location affect will be tested by comparing the microorganism environment before and after traveling to tropical destinations.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Travelers who intended to travel to tropical areas
• Good general health

Exclusion criteria

• Medication consumption
• Background diseases

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Research group

Description:

The study contain only one group: travelers who intended to travel to tropical destinations. The participants will give a feces sample before and after the travel.

Treatment:

Other: feces sample