Probiotic Intervention for Acute Stress

March 19, 2019 updated by: Probi AB
Efficacy of probiotics on acute stress

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Lund, Sweden, 223 00
        • Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years to 35 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 19-35 years
  • SMBQ-score ≥3.75
  • Understand Swedish in spoken and written terms
  • Willing and able to give written informed consent for participating in the study
  • Intake of probiotics within two weeks prior to the start of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • BMI> 30
  • Pregnant
  • Antibiotic treatment in the last three months
  • Known disease (diabetes, pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, celiac disease, thyroid problems, gastrointestinal disease) or mental illness
  • Use of psychotropic drugs, beta blockers, asthma or rheumatoid arthritis drugs, steroid drugs or local steroid treatment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Capsule containing maize starch
Active Comparator: Probiotics
Capsule containing freeze dried probiotic bacteria together with maize starch

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Reduction of the cortisol level during acute stress
Time Frame: 2.5 hours
2.5 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 2, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 4, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

April 4, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 13, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

September 15, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 20, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2019

Last Verified

March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SP17

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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