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Probiotic Intervention on Body Weight
Sponsor: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Summary
This study is a randomized controlled trial with 120 overweight or obese (body-mass index, BMI, ≥ 24 kg/m²) participants and 20 normal-weight participants. Twelve weeks of energy-restricted nutritional and lifestyle intervention with placebo, Lactobacillus paracasei LC-19 (LC-19), or semaglutide (a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, GLP-1RA) will be randomly conducted in the overweight or obese participants. The primary goal is to clarify the roles of LC-19 and semaglutide in weight reduction and in improving energy, glucose, and lipid metabolism, while also comparing side effects, adverse events, and long-term outcomes such as weight regain between these two interventions. In addition, the study will explore key factors affecting intervention response to provide evidence for optimizing individualized intervention strategies.
Official title: An Interventional Study Investigating the Effects of Probiotics on Body Weight and Metabolic Homeostasis
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
20 Years - 50 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
140
Start Date
2025-06-10
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2026-03-17
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
General lifestyle and nutritional education
Participants will receive dietary advice, behavior guidance and nutritional and lifestyle education based on dietary guidelines.
Energy-restricted nutritional and lifestyle intervention
Participants will receive dietary advice, behavioral guidance and nutritional and lifestyle education by dietitian and physicians. App-connected wearable devices will be utilized to monitor their dietary intakes and App-connected scale will be used to monitor their weight changes during interventions.
Placebo
Participants will receive one bag (2 g; 1 × 10¹² CFU) daily of LC-19.
Probiotic
participants will receive daily one bag of LC-19 (10\^12 cfu/bag).
semaglutide
Participants will receive prescibed semaglutide therapy
Locations (1)
Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China