Probiotics to Improve Women's Health

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Probiotics

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01800760

136010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is explore the effect of probiotics on plasma lipopolysaccharides (LPS) concentrations, as well as insulin and glucose levels, in obese women prior to and after dietary challenges (high carbohydrate meal, high fat meal).

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI=30-40 kg/m2
• Healthy, age 18 or older
• Not consuming yogurt or cultured milk regularly (</= 1x/wk) or any probiotic supplement

Exclusion criteria

• Medical conditions or medications that may affect metabolism as determined by the PI.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

No groups

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Probiotics