NCT04946578

The Effect of Prebiotics on Endurance Performance

Modulation of the Intestinal Microbiome, and Its Effects on Endurance Exercise Capacity in Moderately Trained Individuals

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Maastricht University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a six-week period personalised food intervention with prebiotic supplementation on intense exercise performance in healthy, recreationally active adults.

Detailed description

The study conforms to a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled parallel study design. a prebiotic supplement will be selected based on a participants gut microbiota. 1 sachet of prebiotic or placebo will be given twice a day over a period of 6 weeks. Before the start of the study, a VO2max test will be performed. Subjects will bring faecal samples which is collected at home. A time to exhaustion of approximately 80% of their VO2max will be performed at baseline and after the 6 weeks intervention period.

Conditions

• Microtia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Prebiotic	6 weeks of prebiotic supplementation twice a day
OTHER	Placebo	6 weeks of maltodextrin supplementation twice a day

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-24
• Primary completion: 2021-08-23
• Completion: 2021-09-30
• First posted: 2021-07-01
• Last updated: 2021-07-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands