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Evaluation of Stool Microbiome Using HyGIeaCare Prep

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Stool Microbiome
Interventions
Other: HyGIeaCare Prep
Registration Number
NCT04264923
Lead Sponsor
HyGIeaCare, Inc.
Brief Summary

Stool samples will be collected before and during the HyGIeaCare procedure and the samples will be sent for microbiome evaluation.

Detailed Description

Patients will have the HyGIeaCare procedure as originally prescribed by their physician. Before and during the procedure stool samples will be collected and sent to a lab for microbiome evaluation.

It is anticipated that stool samples collected from the HyGIeaCare prep will provide more microbiological and biochemical information on the gut interior than using traditional stool samples.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
14
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Patient's age is between 18 and 80 years old scheduled for elective screening or polyp surveillance indicated colonoscopy
  2. Patient does not have any known health issues (as listed in exclusion criteria)
  3. Patient had not taken antibiotics within the last 2 months
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patient has functional bowel disorders characterized by alternating bowel habits (diarrhea/constipation), chronic diarrhea or chronic constipation (requiring pharmacologic prescription treatment)

  2. Patient has secondary constipation (colonic obstruction, medications, metabolic cause)

  3. Patient has any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may adversely affect the compliance or safety of the patient or would limit the patient's ability to complete the study

  4. Patient has any of the contraindications listed below:

    1. Cardiac: Congestive heart failure (NYHA class III or IV or EF <50%)
    2. GI: Intestinal perforation, carcinoma of the rectum, fissures or fistula, severe hemorrhoids, abdominal hernia, recent colon or rectal surgery, or abdominal surgery, inflammatory bowel disease. History of gastrointestinal surgery- (small bowel, colon. Bariatric surgery)
    3. GU: Renal insufficiency (CC < 60 ml/min/173m2), cirrhosis with ascites
    4. Abdominal surgery within the last 6 months
    5. Pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
All patients enrolledHyGIeaCare PrepAll patients enrolled with receive the HyGIeaCare Prep with a new lab sampling technique to be used on all patients enrolled in the study.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Microbial classification6 months

The number of genes present will be counted

Diversity between stool and colon effluent samples6 months

Alpha diversity by Shannon diversity index, presence and number of taxa to be documented

Inner diversity of samples6 months

ANOVA test will be used to acknowledge differences between samples, presence and number of taxa to be documented

Contribution of the variables to samples' diversity6 months

Principal component analysis (PCoA) will be used to mark significant differences between the samples, taxa will be identified by presence, percentage of sample will be documented

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Functional genes analysis6 months

The presence of genes known to represent biochemical functions will be counted and documented

Biosynthetic gene clusters6 months

Groups of genes with known biosynthetic functions and found to be clustered will be counted and documented together in the different samples

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

HyGIeaCare Center

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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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