Functional Research of Emulsifiers in Humans
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Brief summary
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A randomized double-blind study of the effect of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) on stool microbiota composition, microbiota localization, and metabolic parameters in healthy subjects. It includes a 11-day in-patient stay, randomization to an emulsifier-free group or a CMC group with the same diet except baked goods/sorbet with added CMC at 15g/person/day.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03440229
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 29 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 60 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
- Apr 5, 2018
- Primary completion
- May 12, 2019
- Completion
- May 12, 2019
- Last update posted
- Oct 18, 2021
2018 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 18, 2021 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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