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Modulation of the Gut Microbiota of Professional Athletes With Sauerkraut Supplementation

NCT06087146 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2023-12-05

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Summary

Literature on the topic of athlete gut microbiota is scarce, and even more on the topic of its modulation.

To address these issues a prospective cohort study was conceived. The cohort included young, male generally healthy professional athletes. The cohort will first be exposed to a course of sauerkraut supplementation as a synbiotic. Then the cohort will be observed without any intention for gut microbiota modulation. Before and after each study phase a gut microbiota analysis will be performed for its parameters. The aim of this study is to assess whether the intervention leads to significant changes in the gut microbiota parameters in all subjects and if yes what the signal of the intervention was, meaning whether the changes were consistent among all subjects regarding the analyzed parameter and its direction of effect. The results will be compared with data from earlier research on gut microbiota modulation in professional athletes with soluble fiber as prebiotics and a placebo. The study will provide valuable data on the athlete gut microbiota and its potential modulation.

Conditions

  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome

Interventions

OTHER

Sauerkraut (Brassica oleracea v. capitata)

The research material is a donation from the company Eko Bio Zrnje, Vrbovec, Croatia. It's grated pickle cabbage produced by fermentation in a saline solution (NaCl) in which the fermentation was stopped by pasteurization and was packed in glass 500g jars. The nutritional and microbiological composition was tested by the laboratories of the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology, as well as by the cultural laboratory approach confirmed the presence of bacteria that produce lactic acid (4.82·103 (±2.31) CFU/mL)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zagreb

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Gut Microbiome Center (Centar za crijevni mikrobiom)

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-31
Primary Completion
2023-11-13
Completion
2023-11-29

Countries

  • Croatia

Study Locations

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