How gut bacteria affect immune cell energy in healthy adults and people with IBD
Studies how gut bacteria shape immune cell energy in healthy adults and people with IBD.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Where
- Paris, FranceSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Impact Of The Gut Microbiota On Host Cells Energy Metabolism in Health And In Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- People taking part
- 45 people, planned
- Started
- 2 Jan 2026
- Expected to end
- Aug 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Vancomycin /Amphotericin B (Fungizone®) /Gentamicine 80 mg
- Inulin/Inulin C13
- Record updated
- 12 March 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for healthy adults and adults with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in remission. It studies how gut bacteria affect the energy use of immune cells.
- Age
- 18 to under 50 years
- Sex
- Women and men can join
- Disease stage
- People with IBD: Crohn's disease (not only upper gut) or ulcerative colitis (not only rectum) for at least 6 months, in remission without steroids for at least 6 months. Healthy volunteers can also join.
- Earlier treatment
- No oral antibiotics or antifungals in the 3 months before the start. No probiotics in the month before the start. IBD patients must be steroid-free for at least 6 months.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Blood donation in the 3 months before the study
- Ileal resection over 50 cm (20 in), colectomy, or a stoma now or in the last 6 months
- Healthy volunteers: significant chronic disease, long-term treatment, or abdominal surgery (except appendectomy)
- Taking part in another interventional study
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Healthy volunteer
- Age ≥ 18 years and < 50 years
- 17 kg/m² < body mass index < 25 kg/m² (microbiota modified based on BMI, (Le Chatelier et al., 2013)
- For women, female of child-bearing age with an active contraception (hormonal, intrauterine device, bilateral tubal occlusion, sexual abstinence*) and this during at least the period of treatment (up to v2) *Sexual abstinence is defined as refraining from heterosexual intercourse from providing consent until V3. The reliability of sexual abstinence needs to be evaluated in relation to the duration of the study and the preferred and usual lifestyle of the participant; A woman is considered of childbearing potential, i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient
- Regular bowel movement defined as at least 1 stool every other day and maximum 3 stools per day
- Patient with health insurance (AME except)
- Informed Written consent Patient with IBD; <!-- -->
- Age ≥ 18 years and < 50 years
- Crohn's Disease (Excepting disease involving only the upper GI tract) or ulcerative colitis (excepting disease involving only the rectum), according to the Lennard-Jones criteria for at least 6 months (15 patients with Crohn's disease and 15 with ulcerative colitis will be recruited)
- Patient in steroid-free clinical remission for at least 6 months (for Crohn's disease: CDAI <150 the week before inclusion, for ulcerative colitis: Partial Mayo Clinic score of 0 or 1)
- 17 kg/m² < body mass index < 25 kg/m²
- Female of child-bearing age with an active contraception. Efficient contraception include oral contraception, intrauterine devices hormonal device, intrauterine hormone-releasing system, sterilization method and other forms of contraception with failure rate <1%); ** A woman is considered of childbearing potential, i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy; A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient
- Regular bowel movement defined as at least 1 stool every other day and maximum 3 stools per day
- Patient with health insurance (AME except)
- Informed Written consent; Non inclusion Criteria:; Healthy volunteers
- Significant chronic disease and particularly chronic gastrointestinal diseases, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, renal alteration
- Curative long-term treatment
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women** ** A woman is considered of childbearing potential, i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy; A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However, in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient
- blood donation in the 3 months before the study
- Taking antibiotic or antifungal (oral) in the previous 3 months before planned day 0 (V1)
- probiotics in the month preceding day 0 (V1),
- consumption of a low-calorie diet or any other special diet (except vegetarian) in the month before day 0
- abdominal surgery in the past (except for appendectomy)
- allergy against the antibiotics and antifungal treatment used in this study or to their excipients
- contra-indications to the administration of gentamicin (refer to SmPC)
- Participation in any other interventional study
- Patients under legal protection Patients with IBD; <!-- -->
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- blood donation in the 3 months before the study
- Taking antibiotic or antifungal (oral) in the previous 3 months before planned day 0
- probiotics in the month preceding day 0 and during the study,
- Ileal resection > 50cm or colectomy
- Diagnosis of Crohn's disease restricted to the upper gastrointestinal tract (oesophagus, stomac, duodenum, jejunum)
- Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis restricted to the rectum
- Current stoma (Ileostomy or a colostomy) or stoma in the last 6 months or any other intra-abdominal surgery within 3 months prior to inclusion
- Participation in any other interventional study
- Patients under legal protection
Who cannot take part
- Clinically significant abnormal serum/ plasma levels of electrolytes, creatinine, liver enzymes, thyroid stimulating hormone or blood cell count at the biological check-up of the visit v0 (screening and inclusion)
- Healthy volunteers :
- Infectious episode requiring antimicrobial treatment since V0
- Severe diarrhea (increase of seven or more stools per day over baseline); Patients with IBD - Infectious episode requiring antimicrobial treatment since V0
- IBD flare
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 50 years old?
Where in France
- Gastroenterology Department Saint Antoine Hospital,Paris, FranceContact: Harry SOKOL, PU-PHTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) often leads to poor disease control and reduced quality of life. Changes in the gut microbiota may disrupt the energy metabolism of immune cells, contributing to IBD.
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This study will examine how gut microbiota affects immune cell metabolism in healthy adults and IBD patients. Healthy volunteers will be tested before and after a short antibiotic treatment, while IBD patients will be tested once.
Energy metabolism will be measured using SCENITH, a method that analyzes metabolic activity in blood immune cells.
Participants will also receive a special form of fiber (13C-labeled inulin) to track how gut bacteria break down and use this nutrient. Blood, urine, and stool samples will be analyzed to follow the metabolic fate of inulin. DNA and RNA from stool will be studied to identify which bacteria metabolize the labeled fiber.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Healthy volunteersTreatment being tested
Healthy volunteer will be seen by a physician from the CRC-Est in LRIPH Saint-Antoine to verify their eligibility and collect their written consent. The baseline visit (V1) takes place within 4 weeks after the inclusion visit (V0). Antimicrobial treatment will be provided to the participant (7/8 days treatment). V2 takes place 7 days after baseline visit after the antimicrobial treatment For each visit (V1 and V2) the participants will be seen by a research physician and nurse after an overnight fast. Blood sample (for SCENITH analysis) will be perfomed. Then, participants will receive a standard breakfast with 10g 13C-labeled inulin, which serves as a model fermentable substrate. Blood samples (8mL) will be then collected every hour between 2 and 10h after consumption of the breakfast. All urines and stool samples emitted during the day D0 will be collected (and time recorded). Follow up at D2 to D3 post V1 will be done by a phone interview by CRT or nurse with the help and validati
Treatment: Vancomycin /Amphotericin B (Fungizone®) /Gentamicine 80 mg
- Patients with IBDTreatment being tested
IBD patients will be seen by a gastroenterologist from the Gastroenterology department of the Saint-Antoine hospital or physician from the CRC-Est in LRIPH or the gastroenterology department of Saint Antoine to verify their eligibility, and collect their written consent during a usual follow up visit. The baseline visit (V1) takes place within 4 weeks after the inclusion visit (V0). The patients will be seen by a research physician and nurse after an overnight fast. Blood sample (for SCENITH analysis) will be perfomed. Then, participants will receive a standard breakfast with 10g 13C-labeled inulin, which serves as a model fermentable substrate. Blood samples (7mL) will be then collected every hour between 2 and 10h after consumption of the breakfast. All urines and stool samples emitted during the day D0 will be collected (and time recorded). The patient will also receive a kit for fecal collection at home to be done the day before v1.
Treatment: Inulin/Inulin C13
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
- Impact Of The Gut Microbiota On Host Cells Energy Metabolism in Health And In Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Plain-language title
- How gut bacteria affect immune cell energy in healthy adults and people with IBDGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07300553, who can take part
- Record updated
- 12 March 2026