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Impact of Intestinal Microbiota on Uremic Toxins Productions

Assessment of the Production of Uremic Toxins by the Gut Microbiota of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: in Vitro Test

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04768309
Acronym
GUTCOL
Enrollment
20
Registered
2021-02-24
Start date
2021-06-04
Completion date
2021-07-13
Last updated
2025-12-19

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

Conditions

CKD, Uremia

Keywords

CKD, uremic toxin, probiotics, intestinal microbiota, artificial intestine

Brief summary

Chronic renal failure (CKD) affects 3 million people in France and is characterized by the accumulation of uremic toxins (UTs) such as p-cresyl sulfate (PCS) and indoxyl sulfate (IS) which participate in cardiovascular complications and disturbance of the carbohydrate metabolism associated with CKD. These UTs are not eliminated by dialysis due to their high affinity for albumin and alternative strategies to dialysis must be developed to decrease the production of TUs in patients not yet in dialysis. The dysregulation of the intestinal microbiota observed during CKD increases the generation of UTs in the intestine, by the transformation of amino acids derived from proteins (such as tyrosine and tryptophan transformed respectively into PCS and, IS). Thus, modulation of the intestinal microbiota seems to be an attractive target for reducing the production of UTs and the comorbidities associated with CKD. Some studies have demonstrated the potential interest of probiotics in lowering the plasma concentration of UTs, but the effects remain unclear. In order to test the interest of probiotics during CKD, the investigators have, in collaboration with the Nestlé laboratory and the ProDigest platform, the possibility of testing probiotics using a human intestine simulator before the investigation of experimental and human models. For this the investigators would need a collection of fresh stools. The fresh stools will be instilled in artificial intestine to test the efficacy of selected probiotics on UTs production.

Interventions

OTHEREx vivo exploration of the effect of a probiotic over precursor indole production

Fresh feces in chronic kidney patients and healthy volunteers will be collected. The feces will be instilled in artificial intestine with and without selected probiotics and production of uremic toxins will be measured.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age between 18 and 80 years old * Non diabetic (fasting blood glucose \<1.26 g / L, or lack of insulin or oral antidiabetic treatment) * BMI between 18 and 30 kg / m² * Patient with CKD stage 4-5 ( eDFG \< 30 ml/min/1.73m2 CKD-EPI) * Not dialyzed * No history of kidney transplant * Patient followed in the nephrology department of Pr FOUQUE at the Lyon Sud hospital center

Exclusion criteria

* Active inflammatory, infectious, cardiovascular or neoplastic disease * Colectomy, resection of the small intestine or cholecystectomy * Patient having received antibiotics, prebiotics, probiotics in the last 3 months. * Patient using laxatives (more than 2 doses per day for the last 3 months) * Known renal pathology or known urologic malformation (healthy volunteer only)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Production of precursor of one of major uremic toxins: indoleIndoles production will be measured 48 hours after instillation of fresh feces in the artificial intestineThe main endpoint is the concentration of the precursor of indoxyl sulfate (indole) in the lumen of the artificial intestine with a microbiota of a patient with CKD compared to the concentration of indol in the lumen of artificial intestine with a microbiota from a patient with CKD and supplemented with a probiotic (supplied by Nestlé)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Uremic toxins production48 hours after instillation of fresh feces in the human intestine simulatorConcentration of various uremic toxins in a human intestine simulator (p-cresyl sulfate, p-cresol, indole-3-acetic acid, etc.).
Production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA)48 hours after instillation of fresh feces in the human intestine simulatorConcentration of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) (acetate, propionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, isovalerate and isocaproate) human intestine simulator
Intestinal permeability in a human intestine simulator48 hours after instillation of fresh feces in the human intestine simulatorIt will be measured by the electrical transepithelial resistance of the intestinal cells.
Biochemical parameters48 hours after instillation of fresh feces in the human intestine simulatorConcentration of ammonium and lactate in a human intestine simulator.
Intestinal microbiota composition48 hours after instillation of fresh feces in the human intestine simulatorStudy of the composition of the intestinal microbiota by 16s analysis

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026