The Effect of Probiotics on Depression Syndrome and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Hemodialysis Patients

September 21, 2023 updated by: Pei-Yu Wu, China Medical University Hospital

Department of Nutrition, China Medical University

As the investigators know, only few researches focus on the effect of probiotics on depression in hemodialysis patients. Besides, probiotics also have benefit effect on dyslipidemia and hypertension in general population. Both of them are the risk factors of cardiovascular disease which is the major cause of death in hemodialysis patients. Therefore, this study looks for the effect of probiotics on depression syndrome and risk factors of cardiovascular disease in hemodialysis patients. This is a randomized controlled trial. All patients will be assigned at random to intervention group or control group. This study plans to recruit 70 hemodialysis patients and expects at least 30 patients in each group at the end of study period. The investigators provide probiotics (C. butyricum MIYAIRI 588) to intervention group and provide nothing to the control group.

All patients need to maintain the lifestyle during study period. Genomic analysis of gut microbiota on patients' fecal samples will be used to evaluation their compliance.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

55

Phase

  • Phase 4

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

  • Taiwan
      • Taichung City, Taiwan, 404327
        • China Medical University Hospital

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

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adults aged 20 years or older undergoing hemodialysis (at least 3 months), 3 times per week, and URR ≥65%

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. allergic to the components of the intervention drug, low tolerance of milk or dairy products
  2. Has the diagnosis of dementia, delirium, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or liver failure
  3. Beck Depression Inventory Chinese version 2.0 score higher than 14, or has significant suicide risk during study
  4. Following significantly clinical syndrome: obsessive compulsive disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality, paranoid、antisocial Personality Disorder, histrionic personality disorder
  5. With addiction to alcohol or drugs, terminal cancer, severe infection, heart failure, central venous catheter in the past 6 months
  6. Taking antibiotics, anti-oxidant vitamin supplement, probiotics, prebiotics, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medicine, yogurt and the products in the past 3 months
  7. Pregnant or lactating

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: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
Drug: MIYAIRI 588
In the 3 months intervention, each subjects take 1g/package with meal, and 3 packages/day.
No Intervention: Control

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The change of depression score
Time Frame: Change from Baseline depression score at 3 months
Beck Depression Inventory score (Chinese version 2.0). The score range is from 0 to 63, and the higher scores mean a worse outcome.
Change from Baseline depression score at 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

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)

February 27, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

July 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 1, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 9, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

February 13, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 22, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 21, 2023

Last Verified

September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CMUH111-REC3-178

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

We have promised our subjects that all of their information will be protected, and this is included in the Informed Consent Form.

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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