NutriPlant - Opportunities for Increasing Consumption of Local Fruits and Vegetables
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Institute of Nutrition, Slovenia (Nutris)
- Where
- Slovenia1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 120 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Jan 2025
- Planned end
- 30 Sept 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Psyllium
- Sauerkraut
- Fresh apples
- Dried apples
- Record updated
- 21 January 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 70 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Other criteria
- Inclusion criteria:; Signed informed consent of the participant to participate in the study; Age between 18 and 70 years; Functional constipation or irritable bowel syndrome; Expressed willingness to eat the investigated food daily (sauerkraut, apples, dried apples or psyllium; period of four weeks)
- Exclusion criteria:; Known allergy to the investigated foods (fresh apples, dried apples, sauerkraut or psyllium); Pregnancy or breastfeeding; Previous gastrointestinal surgery with the exception of cholecystectomy and appendectomy; Other gastrointestinal diseases (chronic inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, gastroparesis, etc.); Serious chronic diseases; Introduction of extensive changes in diet or physical activity in the last 4 weeks before the inclusion examination; Regular use of laxatives or inability to stop using laxatives for the duration of the study; Concurrent participation in another study
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 70 years old?
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The effects of different foods to normal bowel function in adult population will be investigated. A randomised controlled intervention trial will be conducted on about 120 (30 per group) adult (18-70 years) subjects with functional constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation according to the IV. Rome criteria. At least one week before inclusion in the study, patients will stop taking laxatives and other anti-constipation medications. Subjects will be randomly selected to consume one of the test foods (fresh apples, dried apples, sauerkraut) or the active control (psyllium) in the equivalent amount of 3 g of fiber per day for 4 weeks. Subjects will be asked not to change their lifestyle habits, such as diet and physical activity level, and not to take oral laxatives during the period of participation in the study.
The 4 groups in the trial
- PsylliumExisting treatment, for comparison
Psyllium containing 3 g dietary fibre, daily, for 4 weeks
- SauerkrautTreatment being tested
Sauerkraut containing 3 g dietary fibre, daily, for 4 weeks
- Fresh applesTreatment being tested
Fresh apples containing 3 g dietary fibre, daily, for 4 weeks
- Dried applesTreatment being tested
Dried apples containing 3 g dietary fibre, daily, for 4 weeks
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Opportunities for Increasing Consumption of Local Fruits and Vegetables in Slovenian Population (NutriPlant)
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06785831, who can take part
- Record updated
- 21 January 2025