Probiotics and the Gut Microbiome in Obese Hispanic Youth
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Brief summary
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This study will recruit 40 obese Hispanic youth (12 - 18 years of age who are greater than or equal to Tanner stage 4) from hospitals, clinics, and community centers. Participants will be randomly assigned to 16 weeks of probiotics (3 packets/day of VSL#3) or matched placebo. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate through a proof-of-concept trial that probiotics have the potential to alter the gut microbiome and gut hormones.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03115385
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 22 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 12 Years to 18 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 29, 2015
- Primary completion
- Apr 10, 2016
- Completion
- Apr 10, 2016
- Last update posted
- Apr 13, 2017
2015 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 13, 2017 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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