Effects of synbiotics on anorexia nervosa

JRCT ID: jRCTs071200008

Registered date:21/04/2020

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: anorexia nervosa
• Date of first enrollment: 21/04/2020
• Target sample size: 40
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): administration of synbiotics or placebo for 12 weeks

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Weight gain / Cumulative energy intake
• Secondary Outcome: Psychological tests, blood tests, gut microbiome analysis, metabolome analysis, organic acid concentration and pH measurements, uremic toxin measurements, microRNA analysis, taste tests

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 12age old
• Age maximum: <= 49age old
• Gender: Female

Include criteria

- Female hospitalized anorexia nervosa patients
- At the age of 12 to 49

Exclude criteria

- Patients with physical or mental illness
- Patients who have been treated with antibiotics and/or parenteral nutrition during the past 3 months

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: SUDO Nobuyuki