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Clinical Trials/NCT01388010
NCT01388010CompletedNot Applicable

"Effect of the Consumption of a Fermented Dairy Product on Gastrointestinal Well-being in a Healthy Population of Women With Minor Digestive Symptoms"

Danone Global Research & Innovation Center1 site in 1 country336 target enrollmentStarted: September 1, 2009Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
336
Locations
1

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a commercially available fermented dairy product containing probiotics (4 weeks, twice a day) on the improvement of gastrointestinal well being and digestive symptoms in adult women reporting minor digestive troubles among the general population.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
Sex
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Female free-living subject aged from 18 to 60 years.
  • •Subject with a body mass index between 18 and
  • •Subject with minor digestive symptoms as defined by screening questionnaire of frequency of digestive symptoms.
  • •Subject with normal stool frequency

Exclusion Criteria

  • •Subject with a diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) or other functional bowel disease (constipation, diarrhoea…)
  • •Subject with known organic disease, including an inflammatory bowel disease, a benign or malign tumour of intestine or colon and significant systemic disease
  • •Subject under prescription for medication for digestive symptoms such as anti-spasmodic, laxatives and anti-diarrheic drugs
  • •Subject having taken antibiotics in the last 4 weeks
  • •Pregnant subject or subject planning to become pregnant during the study; breast-feeding subject.
  • •Subject with known lactose intolerance or immunodeficiency
  • •Subject with known allergy to product component (milk protein for example)

Arms & Interventions

1 = Test product

Experimental

Arm 1 - Intervention 1 (probiotics)

Intervention: 1-Fermented Probiotic Dairy Product (test) (Other)

2 = Control product

Other

Arm 2 - Intervention 2 (control)

Intervention: 2-Milk-based non-fermented dairy product(control) (Other)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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