Probiotics may shield Travelers' gut health
NCT ID NCT07384260
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if taking probiotics can help healthy Chinese adults keep their gut bacteria balanced during a short trip to Europe. Forty participants will take either a probiotic or a placebo for 7 days. Researchers will check stool samples and ask about breathing symptoms to see if the probiotics help.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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.
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Aged 18-65 years, regardless of gender; 2. Planning to undertake a short-term round-trip journey to Europe (within 7 days); 3. Able to understand and willing to comply with the study protocol, and to cooperate with study procedures; 4. Voluntarily sign the informed consent form before any study-related procedures are initiated. Exclusion criteria: 1. Diseases that may affect the evaluation of trial results, such as immune dysfunction, severe renal/hepatic dysfunction, severe cardiovascular disease, malignant tumors, acute or chronic infections, etc.; 2. Use of probiotic preparations, antibiotics, hormones, immunosuppressants, biological agents, or JAK inhibitors within 4 weeks; 3. Subjects with diagnosed or uncontrolled parasitic infections; 4. Patients receiving long-term medication for chronic diseases; 5. Patients with severe organic lesions in the thyroid, heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, or musculoskeletal system; 6. Patients with a history of or currently diagnosed mental illness; 7. Patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy; 8. Use of growth hormone, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), lysine, inositol, or vitamin B12; 9. Presence of uncontrolled, clinically significant laboratory abnormalities that may affect data interpretation or subject participation; 10. Participation in other clinical intervention studies involving drugs, dietary supplements, probiotics, or prebiotics within the past 4 weeks; 11. Presence of severe infections or major trauma deemed by the investigator to potentially affect outcomes, or having undergone moderate to major surgery within the past month; 12. Known allergy to any component of the probiotic product; 13. Subjects deemed unsuitable for participation by the investigator for any other reason.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tsinghua University Science and Technology
Haidian, Beijing Municipality, 100080, China
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Pulau Pinang, Pulau Pinang, 11800, Malaysia
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