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Trial reportNutrients2020

Effects of a Synbiotic Formula on Functional Bowel Disorders and Gut Microbiota Profile during Long-Term Home Enteral Nutrition (LTHEN): A Pilot Study.

Valentina D'Onofrio, Federica Del Chierico, Paola Belci, Pamela Vernocchi, Andrea Quagliariello, Sofia Reddel, Giorgia Conta, Maria Vittoria Mancino, Maurizio Fadda, Maria Carmine Scigliano and 6 more

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Trial report in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Valentina D'OnofrioS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Federica Del ChiericoMultimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Unit of Human Microbiome, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4204-4736
Paola BelciS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Pamela VernocchiMultimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Unit of Human Microbiome, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Andrea QuagliarielloMultimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Unit of Human Microbiome, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Sofia ReddelMultimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Unit of Human Microbiome, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Giorgia ContaDepartment of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Maria Vittoria MancinoS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Maurizio FaddaS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9205-8450
Maria Carmine SciglianoS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Roberta MorelliS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Antonella De FrancescoS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Fabio GuagniniAllergy Therapeutics Italia, Milan, Italy e GE Healthcare, 20019 Milan, Italy.
Filippo FassioAllergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0732-9090
Rosalba GallettiS.C. Dietetica e Nutrizione Clinica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Torino, Italy.
Lorenza PutignaniDepartment of Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine, Unit of Parasitology and Multimodal Laboratory Medicine Research Area, Unit of Human Microbiome, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, 00147 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0134-2830

Funding

Allergy Therapeutics Italia -Ministry of Health, Italy RC 201905_Genetica_Putignani
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term enteral nutrition (LTEN) can induce gut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis and gastrointestinal related symptoms, such as constipation or diarrhoea. To date, the treatment of constipation is based on the use of laxatives and prebiotics. Only recently have probiotics and synbiotics been considered, the latter modulating the GM and regulating intestinal functions. This randomized open-label intervention study evaluated the effects of synbiotic treatment on the GM profile, its functional activity and on intestinal functions in long-term home EN (LTHEN) patients. Twenty LTHEN patients were recruited to take enteral formula plus one sachet/day of synbiotic (intervention group, IG) or enteral formula (control group, CG) for four months and evaluated for constipation, stool consistency, and GM and metabolite profiles. In IG patients, statistically significant reduction of constipation and increase of stool consistency were observed after four months (T

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Enteral NutritionFood, FormulatedGastrointestinal MicrobiomeIrritable Bowel SyndromeAgedBiodiversityConstipationDysbiosisFatty Acids, VolatileFecesFemaleHumansItalyMalePilot ProjectsPrebioticsFatty Acids, VolatilePrebioticsbedridden patientsconstipationdiarrhoeadysbiosisgut microbiotalong-term home enteral nutrition (LTHEN), synbiotics

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PMCPMC7824736

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