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Effect of the use of beneficial bacteria on the intestinal microbiota and on nutritional, biochemical and clinical indicators of patients who underwent stomach reduction surgery

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Obesity, Bariatric surgery, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Dysbiosis
Registration Number
RBR-4sqhppp
Lead Sponsor
niversidade Federal do Paraná
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Adult patients (18-60 years old); both sexes; who underwent Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass 1 year ago and signed the IC; Of these, for the intervention with probiotics, only patients who report at least 1 gastrointestinal symptom of moderate to severe intensity in the GSRS questionnaire will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients undergoing other surgical techniques will be excluded; those who underwent reoperation or surgical correction; who used antibiotics during the study period or who did not use the placebo / probiotic for 12 days or more (20%) during each phase of the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
It is expected to observe a reduction of 1 point in the score of the moderate (s) symptom (s) reported in the GSRS questionnaire in patients treated with probiotics.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
It is expected to observe in the patients treated with probiotics the resolution of bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine, by reducing the ppm of expired hydrogen, verified by the spirometry method; alteration of the intestinal microbiota evaluated by the r16S method of genetic sequencing of bacteria from feces; improvement of the profile of the metabolites produced by the intestinal microbiota, evaluated by the blood plasma nuclear magnetic resonance methodology; improvement of the biochemical profile assessed from the blood test performed.
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