NCT02423551

MRE Consumption and Gut Health

Effects of Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) Consumption on Gut Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 71 (actual)
• Sponsor: United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 62 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of consuming MREs as the sole source of subsistence for 21 days on gut bacteria community composition and gut health. Up to 80 free-living adults will be randomized to consume their usual diet or only MREs for 21 consecutive days. MREs will be provided by the Military Nutrition Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM). Fecal, urine and blood samples will be collected periodically before, during and after the intervention to measure gut barrier integrity, gut bacteria community composition, and markers of gut health, inflammation, and nutritional status.

Conditions

• Gastrointestinal Tract

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	MRE	MRE consumption

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-02-01
• Completion: 2017-02-01
• First posted: 2015-04-22
• Last updated: 2019-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States