NCT01321736

Gut Health Response to Dietary Fiber

Gut Health Response to a New Fiber Blend

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Dietary fiber is known to influence bowel function. The investigators hypothesize that the addition of a mixture of fibers to liquid diets will improve bowel function as measured by stool weight.

Detailed description

Liquid diets are the sole source of nutrition for many patients. Consumption of liquid diets is linked to lower stool weight. The objective of this study is to feed liquid diets, with and without added fiber, to healthy human subjects to determine if mixed fiber sources can normalize stool weight. Secondary objectives of the study include measurement of gut microbiota and stool chemistry with fiber addition.

Conditions

• Dietary Fiber

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	dietary fiber	mixture of fiber sources added to liquid nutrition product

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2011-03-23
• Last updated: 2013-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States