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Adjunct therapy with probiotics for depressive episodes of bipolar disorder type I: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

Study on the improvement effect of probiotics on bipolar disorder and its mechanism

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2300070268
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2023-04-07
Start date
2021-06-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-06-04

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Conditions

bipolar disorder

Interventions

treatment group:taking probiotics + conventional treatment
controll group:taking placebo + conventional treatmen

Sponsors

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 16-45 years; 2. Met the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10) diagnostic criteria for depressive BD-I; 3. 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) score > 17.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. With suicide ideations or/and suicidal behaviors; 2. With positive symptoms of psychosis, such as delusions and hallucinations; 3. With the presence of a personality disorder; 4. With a history of substance abuse; 5. Women who are pregnant or breast feeding; 6. With organic disease conditions, such as infection, hypertension, diabetes, tumors, autoimmune diseases and so on, or the presence of abnormal liver and kidney functions; 7. Had taken antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, lipid-regulating drugs, psychoneurotic drugs or probiotic products within one month before entering the study; 8. Comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders or mental retardation; 9. Hypersensitivity or allergy to any ingredients in the probiotic/placebo product; 10. Once participants were identified as meeting the criteria of mania/hypomania during the experiment, they would be excluded and given treatment as deemed clinically appropriate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
HAMD-17 scores;HAMA-14 scores;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
body weight;Fasting blood glucose;triglyceride;high-density lipoprotein;low-density lipoprotein;total cholesterol;Sequencing the gut microbiota;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactZhaoxia Liu

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

819612508@qq.com+86 159 9782 6697

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026