NCT06502509

Kombucha Tea for Improving Defecation in Patients With Schizophrenia- a Randomized Controlled Study

How Does Kombucha Tea Improve Difficulty During Defecation in Patients With Schizophrenia- A Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: TsaoTun Psychiatric Center, Department of Health, Taiwan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients with schizophrenia frequently have difficulties in bowel habits due to medical adverse effects and unhealthy lifestyle, and the use of various interventions to ameliorate the problems have been noted in clinical setting. Probiotics including Kombucha tea have been proved to modulate the human gut microbiota which may help to improve the stool passage, and have been attracting the public attention across the world. However, little is known among the patients with schizophrenia. In the present study, the research team intends to evaluate effectiveness of Kombucha tea when used in the clinical settings.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia
• Constipation
• Kombucha Tea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Commercial Kombucha tea (Brand name E-Ben Organic Kombucha Lemon)	Commercial lemon kombucha tea (Brand:E-Ben Organic Kombucha Lemon), which will be given to participants in opaque bottles for 8 weeks.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Lemon tea	Diluted lemon juice with the same pH as the commercial kombucha tea as placebo, which will be given to participants in opaque bottles for 8 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-11
• Primary completion: 2024-06-03
• Completion: 2024-07-08
• First posted: 2024-07-16
• Last updated: 2024-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan