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Characterization of Chitin-glucan Fiber Fermentation in Human After a Single Administration

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Healthy
Registration Number
NCT03494491
Lead Sponsor
Université Catholique de Louvain
Brief Summary

The aim of this research study is to characterize the fermentation of chitin-glucan fiber by assessing the volatile compounds released in the breath. For this purpose, an interventional study with control will be performed. After a single administration of 4.5 g of chitin-glucan fiber, the kinetic of production of exhaled volatile compounds (such as H2, methane, SCFAs,...) will be measured during twelve hours. These results will be compared to the exhaled volatile compounds measured during twelve hours after supplementation with 4.5g of maltodextrin (placebo).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria
  • Woman or man, aged of 18 to 40 years
  • Body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 25 kg/m2
  • In good general health as evidenced by medical history and physical examination
  • Non-smoker
  • Caucasian
  • For women: use of highly effective contraception
  • H2 - producer as evidenced by the screening test (described in latter section)
  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subjects presenting gastro-intestinal disorders such as ulcers, diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel diseases
  • Subject presenting allergy or food intolerance (lactose, gluten,...)
  • Subjects with psychiatric problems and/or using antipsychotics
  • Current or recent (< 4 weeks) intake of antibiotics, probiotics, prebiotics, fiber supplement, and/or any products modulating gut transit
  • Feeding particular diet such as vegetarian diet or hyper protein diet
  • Chronic intake of drug, excepted contraceptive drug
  • Pregnant or lactating woman or woman who did not use highly effective contraception
  • Subjects who drink more than 3 glasses of alcohol per day (> 30 g of alcohol per day)
  • Subjects having participated to another clinical trial 1 month before the screening test visit
  • Subjects presenting an allergy or intolerance to one component of the product tested

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Exhaled acetateBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Flame ionization detector (GC- FID) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled propionateBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Flame ionization detector (GC- FID) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled butyrateBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Flame ionization detector (GC- FID) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Fecal short-chain fatty acidsWithin 4 days before the ingestion of chitin-glucan

Gaz chromatography using Flame ionization detector (GC- FID)

Fecal bile acidsWithin 4 days before the ingestion of chitin-glucan

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - bloatingBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Gut microbiotawithin 4 days before the second test day

Illumina sequencing of 16SrDNA and GC-FID

Gastro-intestinal symptom - discomfortBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled COBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - gastrointestinal refluxBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled C2Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Fecal conjugated-linoleic acidsWithin 4 days before the ingestion of chitin-glucan

Gaz chromatography using Flame ionization detector (GC- FID)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - rumblingBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled H2SBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled O2Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled H2Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled volatils compounds (for other short-chain fatty acids and other volatile organic compounds)Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - nauseaBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - flatulencesBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - crampsBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled CH4Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Gastro-intestinal symptom - burpsBefore product ingestion (baseline) and 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 7 hours, 8 hours, 9 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

100 mm Visual analog scale (0 = no symptom, 100 = very severe symptom) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled CO2Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Exhaled N2Before product ingestion (baseline) and 30 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours after product ingestion

Gaz chromatography using Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD) - Area under the curve (calculated on 12 hours following product ingestion) - Comparison between the test day 0 (ingestion of maltodextrin) and the test day 2 (ingestion of chitin-glucan)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center of Investigation in Clinical Nutrition

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Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

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