PsylliumRx Dietary Fiber Study

PsylliumRx: Use of Dietary Fiber in Severely Obese Children to Delay the Onset of Obesity-related Health Conditions - Pilot

The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility of a 3-month dietary fiber intervention: 1) engaging adolescents in regularly consuming a dietary fiber preparation (psyllium powder) and obtaining their parents' support, 2) recruit into a clinical pilot trial with liquid meal challenge test to study the metabolic effects of the dietary fiber preparation. A study modification will be submitted to add additional study arms for feasibility (strength training, coaching).

Study Overview

• Status: Suspended
• Conditions: Obesity; Childhood Obesity
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Dietary Fiber Supplement

Detailed Description

For this 3-month clinical pilot trial to test the effects of dietary fiber, 120 healthy obese adolescents and young adults, age 12-21 (>97th percentile of BMI-for-age) will be recruited to participate in this study.

Recruitment outreach will begin with an email invitation. Parents will be encouraged to call a toll-free number for study information and answer via email. One email will be sent to potential study participants. If there is no response to the email, research staff will call parents up to 5 times and leave 3 messages to introduce the study. Once a parent or potential participant has been reached over the phone, research staff will explain the study and determine interest in participating. If member is interested in participating, research staff will email member the informed consent form (ICF). Participants will sign ICF using Adobe e-Sign web server.

Intervention: Participants will be instructed to consume 1 tea spoon of psyllium per day for 3 months and otherwise maintain their habitual diet. Using a mobile application, participants will be asked to track bowel movement and intestinal symptoms such as bloating and flatulence beginning two weeks prior to the intervention.

Liquid meal challenge test: The metabolic test will be conducted as two sessions lasting 180 minutes each, before and after the dietary fiber intervention (week 0 and 12). Subjects will participate in the metabolic tests after an overnight fast. Subjects will consume 250 ml of a standard liquid meal replacement shake with sugar added to 75 g of total sugar per meal (equivalent to oral glucose tolerance test used in clinical care). Blood draw will be done through an indwelling catheter in the antecubital vein and blood samples collected into 3 mL Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) containing tubes at -15, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 180 minutes after administration of the test meal. An additional 5 mL serum tube and urine will be collected at time -15 min. Total blood draw volume for the entire test is 26 mL.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Pasadena, California, United States, 91101
      • Kaiser Permanente Clinical Research Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 21 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) member for at least 12 months.
• KPSC members ages 12 to 21 years old.
• KPSC member with >97th percentile of BMI for age.
• Minors with parents whose preferred language is English.
• 18 to 21 year old members whose preferred language is English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Has diagnosis of serious mental illness and/or cognitive impairment.
• Provider has concerns over participation.
• Minors with parent whose preferred language is not English.
• 18 to 21 year old members whose preferred language is not English.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dietary Fiber Supplement; Participants will be instructed to consume 1 tea spoon of psyllium per day for 3 months and otherwise maintain their habitual diet.	Dietary supplement: Dietary Fiber Supplement; Participants will be instructed to consume 1 tea spoon of psyllium per day for 3 months and otherwise maintain their habitual diet. Participants will be asked to keep a diary assessing bowel movement and intestinal symptoms such as bloating and flatulence beginning two weeks prior to the intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Recruitment	Proportion of patients recruited/consented	3 year recruitment period
Retention	Proportion of participants remaining in study	3-mo study period

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 31, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 9, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 9, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 14, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 18, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 6, 2022
• Last Verified: January 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Overweight; Body Weight; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: ChOBFiber-P

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes