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Oligosaccharide

Bovine Milk Oligosaccharide for Healthy Subjects (BMO Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Carolyn Slupsky, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of California, Davis
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up minus day 7 and days 0-10
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BMO Trial Summary

This trial is testing if it's safe and effective to consume bovine milk oligosaccharides to improve gut health.

BMO Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~minus day 7 and days 0-10
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and minus day 7 and days 0-10 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Gut microbiota
Secondary outcome measures
Dietary Macronutrient Intake
Fecal BMO
Fecal Metatranscriptome
+5 more

BMO Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: Treatment 3: High-Dose BMOExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Treatment 3: Bovine Milk Oligosaccharide (BMO) powder (Hilmar Ingredients, Hilmar, California 95324) Dosage: 35% of individual daily fiber intake, split into two daily servings Frequency: Two servings per day (for total of 25% dosage per day) Duration: 11 days, followed by a 2-week wash-out period Fiber intake was 35% of each individual's daily fiber intake based on calculated energy expenditure (14 grams of fiber for every 1000 kcal consumed) for eleven consecutive days.
Group II: Treatment 2: Low-Dose BMOExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Treatment 2: Bovine Milk Oligosaccharide (BMO) powder (Hilmar Ingredients, Hilmar, California 95324) Dosage: 25% of individual daily fiber intake, split into two daily servings Frequency: Two servings per day (for total of 25% dosage per day) Duration: 11 days, followed by a 2-week wash-out period Fiber intake was 25% of each individual's daily fiber intake based on calculated energy expenditure (14 grams of fiber for every 1000 kcal consumed) for eleven consecutive days.
Group III: Placebo Control, Glucose polymerPlacebo Group1 Intervention
Treatment 1: Polycose Glucose Polymer Module powder (Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064), fed as 25% of each individual's daily fiber intake based on calculated energy expenditure (14 grams of fiber for every 1000 kcal consumed) for eleven consecutive days.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Bovine Milk Oligosaccharide
2012
N/A
~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of California, DavisLead Sponsor
910 Previous Clinical Trials
4,706,987 Total Patients Enrolled
Dairy Research InstituteOTHER
17 Previous Clinical Trials
999 Total Patients Enrolled
Carolyn Slupsky, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of California, Davis
1 Previous Clinical Trials
252 Total Patients Enrolled

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~1 spots leftby Apr 2025