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CompletedNCT03590886Updated Dec 24, 2019

Gut Microbes and Metabolic Group in Different PBC Patients for UDCA Response

An observational study in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-12-24.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
60
Ages
30 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To compare intestinal flora diversity in different PBC patients with UDCA responses, and further study the differences of bile acid metabolism and short chain fatty acid metabolism in feces and serum of two groups of PBC patients.

Read the detailed description

The PBC patients have been enrolled in the study for UDCA treatment more than 1 year, who is divided into the UDCA total response Group and the other poor response group according to Paris-I/II standard .The feces of two groups of patients were collected and the differences of microbial polymorphism of fecal microorganism in two groups were observed. The metabolic differences of bile acids and short chain fatty acids in serum and feces of two groups of PBC patients were studied by means of metabolic proteomics.

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Conditions studied

  • Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
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In context

Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary

208 studies on the registry are indexed under Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; 44 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 60 is below the median of 300 across 49 observational studies indexed under Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Primary biliary cholangitis patients

Inclusion criteria

1.Confirmed diagnostic criteria about PBC, and orally UDCA treatment for more than a year; 2.30-70 years old; 3.Currently only UDCA therapy, not glucocorticoids and immunosuppressor treatment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Viral liver disease;
  2. alcoholic liver disease;
  3. fatty liver;
  4. drug-associated liver damage;
  5. infectious disease;
  6. obesity;
  7. gastrointestinal diseases;
  8. combined with other autoimmune diseases;
  9. cardiac and pulmonary dysfunction;
  10. renal dysfunction, malignant tumor,;
  11. neurological and psychiatric abnormalities;
  12. nearly 2 months to take antibiotics and probiotics;
  13. nearly 3 months participate in other drug clinical trials .
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
5 Months
Patient registry
Yes

Groups and cohorts

  • total response Group

    The PBC patients show biochemical response for UDCA treatment more than 1 year according to Paris-I/II standard

    Other: total response Group

  • poor response group

    The PBC patients show poor biochemical response for UDCA treatment more than 1 year according to Paris-I/II standard

Interventions

  • Othertotal response Group

    biochemical response for UDCA treatment more than 1 year according to Paris-I/II standard

    Also known as: poor response group

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. fecal microbial diversity

    Macrogenomic examination of fecal microbial DNA

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. bile acid metabolites

    The examination of bile acid metabolites by ELISA methods

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. short chain fatty acid metabolites

    The examination of short chain fatty metabolites by ELISA methods

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 24, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03590886
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Responsible party
Lin Bingliang (professor, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 18, 2018
Start date
Aug 22, 2018
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2018
Completion
Feb 28, 2019
Last update
Dec 24, 2019

Study contacts

Lin B Liang, MD
study director · Third Affliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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