An interventional study of Lactobacillus reuteri and Placebo in Mental Health Wellness, sponsored by Elizabeth Austen Lawson. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-10-25.
Sponsored by Elizabeth Austen Lawson · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are interested in learning more about the neurobiology of well-being in new mothers and novel ways to support them during their transition to parenthood. This study aims to evaluate well-being in new mothers and their infant and the impact of a probiotic dietary supplement on the gut microbiome. This study hopes to help improve the existing knowledge of maternal postnatal health.
569 studies on the registry are indexed under Depression, Postpartum; 134 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 46 is below the median of 104 across 454 interventional studies indexed under Depression, Postpartum.
Browse Depression, Postpartum studies →Elizabeth Austen Lawson is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.
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Dietary Supplement: Lactobacillus reuteri
Other: Placebo
1 chewable tablet of probiotic dietary supplement (200 million CFU of L. reuteri DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 6475) consumed once per day orally for 6 weeks beginning at Baseline (between 1 to 3 days postpartum) to 6 weeks postpartum.
1 chewable placebo tablet containing all the same ingredients except L. reuteri (DSM 17938 and ATCC PTA 6475) consumed once per day orally for 6 weeks beginning at Baseline (between 1 to 3 days postpartum) to 6 weeks postpartum.
Coding Interactive Behavior (CIB) Negative Scale Score (range: 1-5; direction: Higher values indicate worse maternal responses) in the probiotic versus placebo group
Mother-infant bonding: Quantitative observational assessment of mother-infant bonding using the Child Interactive Behavior (CIB).
Time frame: 6 week
Change in Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) Total Score (range: 20-100; direction: lower scores indicate better socioemotional functioning) in the probiotic versus placebo group
Time frame: Baseline to Week 6
Change in relative abundance of microbial taxa (operational taxonomic units) in fecal samples in the probiotic versus placebo group
Time frame: Baseline to Week 6
Ran from Mar 2021 to primary completion in Oct 2023, 31 months.
Of 256 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Depression, Postpartum, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 36. This study's 31 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 262 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 36.
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