NCT02951689

Probiotics in Occupational Shift Workers

Influence of Probiotics on Body Composition and Health in Occupational Shift Workers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 22 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Purpose: To evaluate the influence of probiotic supplementation on body composition and other markers of health in occupational shift-workers. Participants: Healthy, overweight females (ages 22-55 yrs) who are employed on a shift-working schedule. Procedures (methods): In a randomized, placebo-controlled intervention, subjects will complete 3 different testing sessions (pre-screening, 1 baseline, 1 post-testing session) as well as a 6-week intervention period. Prescreening will include written informed consent, a health history questionnaire, baseline anthropometric measures, assessment of resting heart rate, and exercise protocol familiarization. Baseline testing will involve body composition, a fasted blood draw, mood surveys, and an exercise treadmill test. Subjects will be randomized to a treatment group (multi-strain probiotic or placebo) for 6 weeks of supplementation that includes 2 electronic contacts, followed by post-testing that will occur in the same fashion as baseline testing.

Conditions

• Shift-Work Related Sleep Disturbance
• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Probiotic
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-01-01
• Completion: 2018-01-01
• First posted: 2016-11-01
• Last updated: 2018-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States