Gallstone surgery may reshape your gut microbiome, new study shows
NCT ID NCT05689255
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how gut bacteria and body chemistry change in people who have surgery to remove gallstones. Researchers will collect stool, urine, blood, and saliva samples before and after surgery from 65 adults. The goal is to understand these changes, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 65 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This single centre study at Changi General Hospital will enrol up to 65 patients aged 21 to 80 years with symptomatic gallstone disease and/ or bile duct stones who will be undergoing cholecystectomy with or without concomitant ERCP-ES as part of standard clinical treatment. There will not be stratification by demographics.
- Ages
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21 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 21 years to 80 years * Diagnosis of symptomatic gallstone disease without or with concomitant bile duct stones based on prior diagnostic radiological imaging such as transabdominal ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). * Will be scheduled for cholecystectomy with or without concomitant ERCP-ES for treatment. * Patient is willing to provide informed consent before enrolment in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects undergoing ERCP-ES with no intention for future cholecystectomy * Use of antibiotics or probiotics within 1 month (exception: use of antibiotics within 48 hours of cholecystectomy or ERCP, as metagenomics will be able to sequence both dead and live bacteria, and marked compositional change is not expected within this time frame) * Presence of malignancy diagnosed within the last 1 year * Previous gastrectomy, appendicectomy, small bowel or large bowel surgery * Inflammatory bowel disease * Active gastrointestinal tract infections
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Changi General Hospital
RECRUITINGSingapore, Singapore, 529889, Singapore
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