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CompletedNCT05277428Updated May 17, 2022

Clinical Study to Evaluate the IBS Symptoms Improving Effect and Safety of GTB1

An interventional study of GTB1 and Placebo in Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea, sponsored by Amorepacific Corporation. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 19 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-17.

Sponsored by Amorepacific Corporation · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2020, registered Feb 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
27
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
19 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of daily supplementation of L. plantarum APsulloc 331261(GTB1TM) on improvement of IBS symptoms.

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Conditions studied

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea
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In context

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

1,062 studies on the registry are indexed under Irritable Bowel Syndrome; 190 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 27 is below the median of 71 across 853 interventional studies indexed under Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

Amorepacific Corporation is the lead sponsor of 22 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
19 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Male and female subjects older than 19 years old
  • Diagnosed case of IBS using Rome IV criteria
  • Who had type 6 or 7 stools according to the BSFS on at least 2 weeks ≥ 25%
  • Who voluntarily agreed to participate in the study and signed an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Who had been ingesting products containing probiotics or prebiotics in the 4 weeks preceding entry into the trial
  • Who had antibiotic agents during the 4 weeks prior to study entry
  • Women who is pregnant /breast-feeding, or who has childbearing potential and does not use available contraceptives
  • Who is determined ineligible for study participation by investigators for any other reasons
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
27 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lactobacillus Plantarum APsulloc 331261(GTB1)

    Take GTB1 capsule once daily for 4 weeks

    Dietary Supplement: GTB1

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Take placebo capsule once daily for 4 weeks.

    Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementGTB1

    2 capsule/day

  • Dietary supplementPlacebo

    2 capsule/day

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in a global relief at 4 weeks

    Global relief of IBS is a dichotomous single item that asks participants "Over the past week (7 days) have you had adequate relief of your IBS symptoms?". The answer is YES or NO.

    Time frame: Global Relief after 4 weeks of ingestion

  2. Changes in frequency and type of stools at 4 weeks from baseline

    Number of stools per day and type of stools assessed during 7 days before the visit. Type of stools assessed using the Bristol Stool Formation Scale.

    Time frame: Baseline, and 4 weeks of ingestion

  3. Changes in severity and frequency of IBS-Intestinal discomfort symptoms at 4 weeks

    Intestinal discomfort symptoms are 3 symptoms that asks: abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, feeling of incomplete evacuation over the past 7 days.

    Time frame: Baseline, and 4 weeks of ingestion

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in Quality of Life at 4 weeks from baseline

    Change of dissatisfaction with bowel habit and interfering with general life by Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Time frame: Baseline, 1, 2 and 4 weeks of ingestion

  2. Improvement or worsening of IBS global symptoms using Participants global impression of change scale and global improvement scale

    Improvement or worsening scale 1-7

    Time frame: Improvement/worsening assessed after 4 weeks of ingestion

  3. Fecal microbiome

    Changes in the fecal microbiome in participants with IBS-D due to use of GTB1

    Time frame: Baseline, 4 weeks of ingestion

Other outcomes

  1. Changes in a global relief

    Global relief of IBS is a dichotomous single item that asks participants "Over the past week (7 days) have you had adequate relief of your IBS symptoms?". The answer is YES or NO.

    Time frame: Global Relief after 1, 2 and 4 weeks of ingestion

  2. Changes in frequency and type of stools

    Number of stools per day and type of stools assessed during 7 days before the visit. Type of stools assessed using the Bristol Stool Formation Scale.

    Time frame: Baseline, 1, 2 and 4 weeks of ingestion and follow-up 2 weeks

  3. Changes in severity and frequency of IBS-Intestinal discomfort symptoms

    Intestinal discomfort symptoms are 3 symptoms that asks: abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, feeling of incomplete evacuation over the past 7 days.

    Time frame: Baseline, 1, 2 and 4 weeks of ingestion and follow-up 2 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Amorepacific
    Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17074, Korea, Republic of
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 17, 2022, 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
NCT05277428
Lead sponsor
Amorepacific Corporation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 14, 2022
Start date
Nov 1, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2020
Completion
Jan 29, 2022
Last update
May 17, 2022

Study contacts

Jonghwa Roh, PhD
study director · Amorepacific R&I center

Oversight

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