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NCT number NCT03554694
Other study ID # R52324_RE001
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 6, 2018
Est. completion date December 2019

Study information

Verified date May 2018
Source University of Oxford
Contact Gershon Spitz, PhD
Phone +44 (0)1865611456
Email gershon.spitz@ndcn.ox.ac.uk
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim is to test if dietary supplementation with prebiotics reduces measures of anxiety in healthy human participants with high self-reported levels of anxiety. Study will test for an effect on behavioural, neuroendocrine and brain imaging markers of anxiety.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date December 2019
Est. primary completion date December 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 50 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Trait anxiety levels > 40 on STAI trait inventory

- Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study

- Not currently taking any psychoactive medications

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant participants

- No contraindications to prebiotic administration

- Antibiotic, probiotics and/or prebiotic treatment in at least the two previous months.

- Participants who are taking any other food supplements that, in the opinion of the Investigators, may affect the results.

- Participants who are taking any medications that, in the opinion of the Investigators, may affect the results.

- Any significant change in diet which, at the discretion of the Investigators, may affect the results.

- Participants who have recently participated in another research trial which, at the discretion of the Investigators, may affect the results.

- A history of dementia, traumatic brain injury or stroke.

- Anyone who is unable to perform the behavioural tasks.

- Current use of any psychoactive medication.

- Current use of psychological treatment.

- Anyone who does not have adequate understanding of English, sufficient to give informed consent.

- Any person who has a history of drug abuse or a previous history of a neurological, or has a history of neurosurgical procedure is excluded as they may be at increased risk of epilepsy and data collected may be influenced by their condition.

- Anyone with any metal implants or implantable device would be excluded from any brain imaging studies as indicated by the MRI safety screening form.

Study Design


Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
Prebiotics
Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) (prebiotics) will be consumed by the participants for 4-6 weeks
Maltodextrin (placebo)
Maltodextrin (placebo) will be consumed by the participants for 4-6 weeks

Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom University of Oxford Oxford Oxfordshire

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Oxford Monash University, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia, Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (OH BRC) support scheme, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (2)

Bishop SJ, Jenkins R, Lawrence AD. Neural processing of fearful faces: effects of anxiety are gated by perceptual capacity limitations. Cereb Cortex. 2007 Jul;17(7):1595-603. Epub 2006 Sep 6. — View Citation

Schmidt K, Cowen PJ, Harmer CJ, Tzortzis G, Errington S, Burnet PW. Prebiotic intake reduces the waking cortisol response and alters emotional bias in healthy volunteers. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2015 May;232(10):1793-801. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3810-0. Epub 2014 Dec 3. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Cortisol awakening response (CAR) CAR, a marker of stress responsivity, should be decreased after taking prebiotics compared to placebo (as previously found in non-anxious participants in Schmidt et al., 2015, Psychopharmacology) Cortisol awakening responses will be measured at the end of the first intervention phase (4-6 weeks after study entry) and at the end of the second intervention phase (11-15 weeks post study entry).
Primary Brain imaging (BOLD fMRI activity) in amygdala and cortical regions Brain imaging (BOLD fMRI activity) in amygdala and cortical regions Will provide neural measures of threat reactivity. We predict decreased amygdala and/or increased parietal-prefrontal brain activity after prebiotics compared to placebo, indicating an anxiolytic-like profile (fearful -neutral face trials in the low load condition) (as in Bishop et al, 2007 and Ironside et al, 2017) Brain imaging will be measured at the end of the first intervention phase (4-6 weeks after study entry) and at the end of the second intervention phase (11-15 weeks post study entry).
Secondary Changes in gut microbiome Availability of specific bacteria in microbiome will change as function of prebiotics and not during placebo. The change will be measured at the start of each intervention compared to the end of each intervention Changes in the microbiome will be measure using a single stool/faecal sample at four time points: baseline (0 weeks), following first intervention (4-6 weeks), following washout (7-9 weeks), and following the second intervention (11-15 weeks).
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