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- Clinical Trial NCT04491266
Tolerability and Modulatory Action of the Butyrate Releaser N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) Butyramide
Tolerability and Modulatory Action on Neonatal Gastrointestinal Function and Immunity of the Butyrate Releaser N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) Butyramide as New Component for Infant Formula
Accumulating evidence is showing that gut microbiota could play a key role in gastrointestinal tract and immune system development and function. Many beneficial effects elicited by gut microbiota are mediated its metabolites. Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are major metabolites produced by gut microbiota. Among SCFA, butyrate has emerged as pivotal regulator of many gastrointestinal function and immune system development and function.
Butyrate is produced by intestinal microbial fermentation of resistant starches and dietary fiber. It regulates several beneficial intestinal and extra-intestinal functions, among the first it serves as the primary energy source for the gut epithelium, increases mineral absorption, stimulates proliferation and differentiation of normal colon epithelial cells, improves the gut barrier function by stimulation of the formation of mucin, antimicrobial peptides, and tight-junction proteins, interacts with the immune system and has anti-inflammatory effects.
Butyrate also seems to regulate the expression of antimicrobial peptides in particular upregulating transcription of cathelicidin thanks to his action of histone deacetylase inhibitor and it has been shown to induce human β-defensin 2 (HBD-2) mRNA expression in colonocytes, although there are few publications reporting its regulation of defensins (Berni Canani R et al. W J Gastroenterol. 2011;17(12):1519). Preliminary data showed that breast milk contains butyrate. Butyrate could be an ideal compound for infant formulas for an efficient regulation of a number of protective actions at gastrointestinal tract level and at systemic level.
A new butyrate releaser, useful for all the known applications of butyrate, presenting physiochemical characteristics suitable for easy oral administration (free from unpleasant organoleptic properties of butyrate): N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) butyramide (FBA) has been developed. The molecule is a butyrate amide with the amino acid phenylalanine, solid, odourless, tasteless, stable at gastric pH, and able to release butyrate constantly throughout gastrointestinal tract.
The aim of the study was to evaluate tolerability and safety profile of a nutritional intervention with FBA in formula fed at term neonates. The effects on the expression of innate immunity biomarkers as well as on neonatal gut function were also assessed.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Naples, Italy, 80131
- University of Naples Federico II
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- otherwise healthy formula fed-neonates
- born at term (>37 gestational age)
- adequate weight for gestational age
Exclusion Criteria:
- twins,
- infants with history of severe asphyxia,
- meconium aspiration syndrome,
- immunodeficiency,
- congenital infections,
- genetic diseases and chromosomal abnormalities,
- malformations,
- insufficient reliability or presence of conditions that made the patient's compliance with the protocol unlikely,
- infants with any other condition which, in the opinion of the Investigator, is likely to interfere with the ability of the infant to ingest food, or the normal growth and development of the infant, or the evaluation of the infant.
In addition, as maternal exclusion factors:
- history of immune diseases,
- tumors,
- infectious or inflammatory diseases that required antibiotic therapy during pregnancy,
- diabetes,
- gestosis,
- dyslipidemia,
- positive vaginal swab for Group B Streptococcus,
- prolonged rupture of membranes.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: OTHER
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: QUADRUPLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: FBA
N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) butyramide (FBA) has been developed.
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N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) butyramide (FBA) has been developed.
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PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: placebo
maltodextrins
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maltodextrins
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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safety and tolerability: adverse events
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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number and proportion of subjects with adverse events
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up to 28 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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percentage of subjects with infantile colics
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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rate of subjects with infantile colics
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up to 28 days
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daily number of bowel movements
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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daily number of bowel movements
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up to 28 days
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stool consistency
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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stool consistency
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up to 28 days
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daily number of regurgitation episodes
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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daily number of regurgitation episodes
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up to 28 days
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fecal levels of of β-defensins 2 (HβD-2)
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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up to 28 days
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change of secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA)
Time Frame: up to 28 days
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up to 28 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 20-13
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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