Smart underwear tracks your farts to reveal gut health
NCT ID NCT06802276
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a wearable smart underwear device that measures hydrogen sulfide gas from gut microbes. 25 healthy adults will eat high-cysteine and low-cysteine diets to see if the device can detect diet-related changes in gas production. The goal is to develop a non-invasive tool for understanding gut health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- High and low cysteine diets
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a non-invasive way to measure gut health through gas production.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on measurement, not treatment. The device may not be accurate or practical for wider use.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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 years and older
- 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.
The inclusion/exclusion criteria will identify generally healthy volunteers that are able to ingest the intervention diets. Exclusion criteria based on diseases, medications, allergies, and specific dietary requirements will minimize the risks of adverse reactions to the intervention diets. Inclusion Criteria: * Generally healthy volunteers defined as having no major known health conditions (e.g., diabetes, cancer, hypertension, etc.). * Normal bowel movements, with approximately 1 bowel movement reported per day * Willing to discuss flatus * Ages \>18yrs * Willing to complete the entire study protocol, i.e. eating all of the food that is provided and completing all required measurements. Exclusion Criteria: * Self-report or other evidence of diabetes, other endocrine/metabolic abnormality, dyslipidemia, morbid obesity, severe hypertension, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, pulmonary disease, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular diseases * Chronic medications for any of the above conditions * Food allergy that interferes with ability to complete the study * Food preferences, intolerance, or dietary requirements that would interfere with diet adherence * Planned dietary changes during the study period * Lack of appropriate food refrigeration and preparation equipment (e.g.- oven or microwave) * Pregnancy or planned pregnancy in the next month * Physical measurements: BMI \> 35 kg/m2
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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