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NCT number NCT01257620
Other study ID # Celiac
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received December 8, 2010
Last updated February 10, 2012
Start date December 2010
Est. completion date December 2011

Study information

Verified date February 2012
Source Bai, Julio M.D.
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Argentina: Ministry of Health
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This exploratory study has been designed to determine the effect of the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis vs. placebo orally administered over a period of 3 weeks on clinical features, Quality of Life parameters (QoL), intestinal permeability and inflammatory markers of patients having positive serological evidences of Celiac Disease.


Description:

Objective: This exploratory study has been designed to determine the effect of the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis vs. placebo orally administered over a period of 3 weeks on clinical features, Quality of Life parameters (QoL), intestinal permeability and inflammatory markers of patients having serological evidences of CD (positive serological markers). The testing period will be approximately three weeks between the results of serological testing and before the intestinal biopsy procedure during which time subjects are consuming a gluten-containing diet.

Study Design: A 3-weeks duration, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study plan in ambulatory (non-hospitalized outpatients) patients, with 2 parallel groups. Treatment arms will be as follows:

A). Placebo 2 capsules 3 times daily (morning, evening and night).

B). Probiotics (Bifidobacterium infantis) 2 capsules 3 times per day (morning, evening and night).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 22
Est. completion date December 2011
Est. primary completion date September 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 75 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Signing the Informed consent.

- Men or women, 18-75 years old.

- BMI between 18.5 and 35.

- Patients shall have a positive CD-related serology (combined positivity of DGP/tTG Screen plus IgA anti-tTG and or IgA a-DGP tests).

- Patients will abstain from taking medications prohibited by the study from the 7 days prior the enrolment to the end of the trial: NSAIDs, aspirin, lactulose, probiotics and prebiotics in any form of administration (eg. Yogurts or other dairy products)..

- Alcohol consumption is prohibited during the same period.

- Patients should commit to attend on scheduled days, in accordance with the study calendar.

- To be interested in participating the trial

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with refractory CD or severe complications thereof, enteropathy-associated T-cell Lymphoma (EATL), ulcerative jejunitis, perforation, severe osteoporosis, malnutrition, among others.

- Individuals with symptoms suggestive of lymphoma or any other serious CD complication taking special care in recently-diagnosed patients, 50 years old or older, in whom EATL must be ruled out by standard methods.

- Individuals with other active chronic GI pathologies like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome, microscopic colitis, and lactose intolerance.

- Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes or other autoimmune diseases, such as autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis.

- Individuals with co-morbidities whose participation, in the investigator's judgment, would be inadvisable; for instance, unstable clinical conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, angina pectoris, severe cardio-respiratory conditions, etc.

- Individuals with symptomatic neurological or psychiatric conditions that could potentially interfere with the study.

- Individuals with a clinical severity requiring immediate treatment at the consideration of the investigator.

- Patients with hemoglobin levels less than 8.5 g/dL or who had donated blood in the last 56 days or donated a unit of plasma in the last 7 days.

- Patients with a history of alcohol or drug abuse in the prior 2 years.

- Individuals taking "prohibited" medications in relation to the study (see point 6, previous section).

- Individuals with a history of neoplasia.

- Individuals participating in another clinical study that either involves medications or concluded during the last 30 days.

- Individuals previously exposed to Bifidobacteria species.

- Subjects not willing to maintain a gluten-containing diet during the 3-weeks period of the trial

- Pregnant women.

- Allergies to goat milk; no recent or planned dietary changes, esp. regarding gluten intake.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
Probiotic
Bifidobacterium infantis, 2 capsules (2.0E+9 CFU/capsule) 3 times/day for a total of 1.2E+10 CFU/day for 21 days.

Locations

Country Name City State
Argentina Dr. C. Bonorino Udanondo Gastroenterology Hospital Buenos Aires

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Bai, Julio M.D. The National Institute of Probiotics

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Argentina, 

References & Publications (15)

Barone MV, Gimigliano A, Castoria G, Paolella G, Maurano F, Paparo F, Maglio M, Mineo A, Miele E, Nanayakkara M, Troncone R, Auricchio S. Growth factor-like activity of gliadin, an alimentary protein: implications for coeliac disease. Gut. 2007 Apr;56(4):480-8. Epub 2006 Aug 4. — View Citation

Collado MC, Donat E, Ribes-Koninckx C, Calabuig M, Sanz Y. Imbalances in faecal and duodenal Bifidobacterium species composition in active and non-active coeliac disease. BMC Microbiol. 2008 Dec 22;8:232. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-232. — View Citation

De Palma G, Cinova J, Stepankova R, Tuckova L, Sanz Y. Pivotal Advance: Bifidobacteria and Gram-negative bacteria differentially influence immune responses in the proinflammatory milieu of celiac disease. J Leukoc Biol. 2010 May;87(5):765-78. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0709471. Epub 2009 Dec 10. — View Citation

De Palma G, Nadal I, Medina M, Donat E, Ribes-Koninckx C, Calabuig M, Sanz Y. Intestinal dysbiosis and reduced immunoglobulin-coated bacteria associated with coeliac disease in children. BMC Microbiol. 2010 Feb 24;10:63. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-63. — View Citation

Di Cagno R, De Angelis M, Auricchio S, Greco L, Clarke C, De Vincenzi M, Giovannini C, D'Archivio M, Landolfo F, Parrilli G, Minervini F, Arendt E, Gobbetti M. Sourdough bread made from wheat and nontoxic flours and started with selected lactobacilli is tolerated in celiac sprue patients. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Feb;70(2):1088-96. — View Citation

Di Cagno R, De Angelis M, Lavermicocca P, De Vincenzi M, Giovannini C, Faccia M, Gobbetti M. Proteolysis by sourdough lactic acid bacteria: effects on wheat flour protein fractions and gliadin peptides involved in human cereal intolerance. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2002 Feb;68(2):623-33. — View Citation

Di Cagno R, Rizzello CG, Gagliardi F, Ricciuti P, Ndagijimana M, Francavilla R, Guerzoni ME, Crecchio C, Gobbetti M, De Angelis M. Different fecal microbiotas and volatile organic compounds in treated and untreated children with celiac disease. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Jun;75(12):3963-71. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02793-08. Epub 2009 Apr 17. — View Citation

Gerez CL, Rollán GC, de Valdez GF. Gluten breakdown by lactobacilli and pediococci strains isolated from sourdough. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2006 May;42(5):459-64. — View Citation

Lindfors K, Blomqvist T, Juuti-Uusitalo K, Stenman S, Venäläinen J, Mäki M, Kaukinen K. Live probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis bacteria inhibit the toxic effects induced by wheat gliadin in epithelial cell culture. Clin Exp Immunol. 2008 Jun;152(3):552-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03635.x. Epub 2008 Apr 16. — View Citation

Maiuri L, Ciacci C, Ricciardelli I, Vacca L, Raia V, Rispo A, Griffin M, Issekutz T, Quaratino S, Londei M. Unexpected role of surface transglutaminase type II in celiac disease. Gastroenterology. 2005 Nov;129(5):1400-13. — View Citation

Medina M, De Palma G, Ribes-Koninckx C, Calabuig M, Sanz Y. Bifidobacterium strains suppress in vitro the pro-inflammatory milieu triggered by the large intestinal microbiota of coeliac patients. J Inflamm (Lond). 2008 Nov 3;5:19. doi: 10.1186/1476-9255-5-19. — View Citation

Nadal I, Donat E, Ribes-Koninckx C, Calabuig M, Sanz Y. Imbalance in the composition of the duodenal microbiota of children with coeliac disease. J Med Microbiol. 2007 Dec;56(Pt 12):1669-74. Erratum in: J Med Microbiol. 2008 Mar;57(Pt 3):401. Donant, Esther [corrected to Donat, Ester]. — View Citation

Rizzello CG, De Angelis M, Di Cagno R, Camarca A, Silano M, Losito I, De Vincenzi M, De Bari MD, Palmisano F, Maurano F, Gianfrani C, Gobbetti M. Highly efficient gluten degradation by lactobacilli and fungal proteases during food processing: new perspectives for celiac disease. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jul;73(14):4499-507. Epub 2007 May 18. — View Citation

Rollán G, De Angelis M, Gobbetti M, de Valdez GF. Proteolytic activity and reduction of gliadin-like fractions by sourdough lactobacilli. J Appl Microbiol. 2005;99(6):1495-502. — View Citation

Sander GR, Cummins AG, Henshall T, Powell BC. Rapid disruption of intestinal barrier function by gliadin involves altered expression of apical junctional proteins. FEBS Lett. 2005 Aug 29;579(21):4851-5. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Intestinal permeability changes Subjects will come to the laboratory after an overnight fast, ingest the sugar probes, and collect all urine passed over the ensuing 24 hours into a pre-weighed container with 5 ml of 10% thymol in isopropanol. Urine will be vigorously mixed, total volume recorded, and aliquots rapidly frozen for subsequent transport and analysis. To evaluate intestinal permeability, subjects will ingest a solution containing: 5 g lactulose (Technilab, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), and 2 g mannitol (Sigma, St Louis, Missouri, USA) in 450 ml of water (osmolality approximately 1800 mOsmol/l). 21 days No
Secondary Changes in the cytokine profile. Mononuclear cells obtained from blood will be isolated by Ficoll-Hypaque density centrifugation and resuspended in complete media/Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium. These mononuclear cells will be termed peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). PBMCs will be incubated, nonstimulated, for 72 hours at 37°C in a 5% CO2 humidified atmosphere. Nonstimulated PBMC cytokine reflects the cytokine milieu from wich the PBMCs were originally isolated. Interleukin(IL)-10 and IL-12p40 cytokine levels will be measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. 21 days No
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