NCT03209635

Weissella Cibaria JW15 Consumption and NK Cell Activity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yonsei University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of consuming Weissella cibaria (W. cibaria) JW15 supplementation isolated from Kimchi, Korea traditional fermented food, on natural killer (NK) cell activity and circulating levels of cytokines and immunoglobulin (Ig).

Detailed description

A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study was conducted on 100 nondiabetic subjects. Over an eight-week testing period, the probiotic group consumed 4 capsules (300 mg/capsule) containing 1 x 10\^10 colony-forming units (cfu) of W. cibaria JW15 each day, whereas the placebo group consumed the same product without a probiotic.

Conditions

• Immune Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	4 capsules (300 mg/capsule) containing 52% crystalline cellulose and 46% lactose in identical-looking with test product
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Probiotic	4 capsules (300 mg/capsule) containing each capsule 1.0 x 10\^10 colony-forming units (cfu) of Weissella cibaria JW15, twice a day

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-20
• Completion: 2017-03-20
• First posted: 2017-07-06
• Last updated: 2017-07-06