Skip to content

Study of the Efficacy of a Multispecies Probiotic Mixture in Obese Adults

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Human Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of a Multispecies Probiotic Mixture in Obese Adults

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0001588
Enrollment
68
Registered
2015-08-04
Start date
2015-07-09
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Dietary Supplement : Participantss will be given a multispecies probiotic mixture or placebo orally once a day for 12 weeks.

Sponsors

Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Subjects aged between 19 and 75 years 2) Subjects who have a body index greater than 25kg/m2 3) Subjects who are willing to sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Subjects with a history of eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia) and depressive disorder, 2) Subjects who have taken amphetamine, cyproheptadine, phenothiazine, anorexigenic agent, orexigenic agent, or any health functional food including probiotics within 2 weeks (Inclusion: subjects who take steroid and thyroid hormone in safety capacity with principke investigator’s prediction of no changes during the trial period) 3) Subjects who check 4 points or more in the questionnaire of dietary exercise therapy 4) Subjects who underwent surgeries for weiight reduction (gastroplastia, carboxy therapy, hypotonic pharmacologic lipo-dissolusion, and Meso therapy) 5) Subjects with hypersensitivity to probiotics 6) Patients with active infection who need heavy doses of antibiotics 7) Subjects who gain 10% more weight within 6 months 8) Pregnant women, breast feeder, women planning a pregnancy and those who do not agree to use adequate contraception 9) Participants in any clinical trial within the 4 weeks prior to screening. 10) Subjects who have recieved dietary exercise therapy that can affect the body weight within the 3 months 11) Subjects which in the opinion investigator could affect preclude evaluation of response

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Change in body weight and BMI ;Change in fat mass (by BIA) ;Change in liver fat accumulation (by MRI);Change in AST and ALT;Change in presence of metabolic syndrome (abdominal obesity, TG, HDL cholesterol, blood pressure, and fasting glucose);Change in inflammatory related factors (IL-6, TNF-?, CRP, FGF-19, and LPS);Change in LDL-C and fasting insulin;Change in gut microbiota;Change in amount of fat within the liver and liver fibrosis within the elastic limit (by CAP)

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Change in visceral fat area (by MRI)

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactDae Won Jun

Hanyang University Seoul Hospital

gongori1004@gmail.com+82-2-2290-8338

Outcome results

None listed

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