Probiotics and Endotoxemia
Probiotics and Endotoxemia
NCT ID: NCT01176942 Phase: NA Status: COMPLETED Enrollment: 90 Completion: 2011-05
Conditions
Metabolic Endotoxemia, Metabolic Syndrome
Interventions
Probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium lactis
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether probiotic treatment of overweight volunteers consuming high fat diet is able to reduce plasma lipopolysaccharide concentration.
Primary Outcome
Level of plasma endotoxin (plasma levels of lipopolysaccharides) in the volunteers before and after the 12 week intervention