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Symptomatic Fatigue/Myalgias Bucket for Gastrointestinal Dysfunction (LIFE-HOUSE Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Joseph Lamb, MD
Research Sponsored by Metagenics, Inc.
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from baseline at12 months
Awards & highlights

LIFE-HOUSE Trial Summary

This trial is designed to test the feasibility of this model.

Eligible Conditions
  • Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Hormone Imbalance
  • Dental Disease
  • Well-being
  • Cardiovascular Risk
  • Neurocognitive Disorder

LIFE-HOUSE Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from baseline at 12 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from baseline at 12 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Depression Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS) questionnaire
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (MOS SF-36) questionnaire
University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) questionnaire
Secondary outcome measures
25-hydroxy (OH) Vitamin D3
Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA)
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
+15 more

LIFE-HOUSE Trial Design

21Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Wellness UmbrellaExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of individuals characterized by minimal physical complaints and laboratory biomarkers of modest clinical significance.
Group II: Wellness Detoxification BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals characterized by minimal physical complaints and normal biomarkers.
Group III: Symptomatic Fatigue/Myalgias BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad employee health group with symptoms of persistent fatigue and myalgias.
Group IV: Reproductive Health UmbrellaExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of participants with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health (including polycystic ovary syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, peri-menopause and menopausal conditions, women currently pregnant or breastfeeding, testosterone deficiency and andropause/late onset hypogonadism, and prostate health).
Group V: Premenstrual Syndrome BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of women with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health specifically premenstrual syndrome.
Group VI: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of women with PCOS with signs/symptoms/biomarkers of both metabolic dysfunction and hormonal derangements.
Group VII: Perimenopausal and Menopausal Transitions BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of women with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health specifically peri-menopause and menopausal conditions.
Group VIII: N of 1 TentExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group (both an employee population and those recruited from practitioner practices) inclusive of all study Participants and specifically generally healthy individuals, those with established disease/conditions requiring a personalized approach, those with diseases/conditions currently with low prevalence in our study population and those women currently pregnant or breastfeeding.
Group IX: Metabolic Health UmbrellaExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of participants classified as desirable weight with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia).
Group X: Ketogenic Product Development Exploratory GroupExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Subgroup investigation in participants (classified as desirable weight with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia) during their 8- or 12-week ketogenic program intervention phase
Group XI: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with conditions associated with issues of gastrointestinal health.
Group XII: Immune Health UmbrellaExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of individuals with autoimmune/inflammatory conditions (excluding metabolic disorders/atherosclerosis)
Group XIII: Gastrointestinal Health UmbrellaExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with conditions associated with issues of gastrointestinal health and of environmental toxicity or dysfunction related to detoxification of external toxins and internal metabolites.
Group XIV: Elevated Homocysteine BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for individuals from the Wellness Umbrella with elevated homocysteine level ≥ 10.4 µmol/L.
Group XV: Elevated Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA) BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with elevated levels of antinuclear antibodies (preclinical symptomatology only).
Group XVI: Detoxification BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with conditions associated with issues of environmental toxicity or dysfunction related to detoxification of external toxins and internal metabolites.
Group XVII: Dental Health UmbrellaExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of individuals with established dental disease.
Group XVIII: Consequences of Metabolic (Dys)function Bucket R/I DesignExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of participants classified as desirable weight with markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia). R/I = randomization/inclusion
Group XIX: Consequences of Metabolic (Dys)function Bucket C/S DesignExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of participants classified as desirable weight with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia). C/S = crossover
Group XX: Autoimmune Conditions BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with an established diagnosis of an autoimmune conditions (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis) with ANA level >1:80 titer, rheumatoid factor (RF) ≥ 14 IU/ml, fecal calprotectin ≥ 50 mcg/g and thyroid autoantibody levels specifically thyroglobulin antibodies ≥ 115 IU/ml and/or thyroid peroxidase antibodies ≥ 35 IU/ml.
Group XXI: Andropause/Late Onset Hypogonadism BucketExperimental Treatment3 Interventions
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of men with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health specifically testosterone deficiency and andropause/late onset hypogonadism.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Behavioral change support program
2018
N/A
~400
Supplements and/or medical foods
2018
N/A
~400

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Metagenics, Inc.Lead Sponsor
14 Previous Clinical Trials
1,016 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
400 Patients Enrolled for Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
MetaProteomics LLCIndustry Sponsor
6 Previous Clinical Trials
651 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
400 Patients Enrolled for Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
Tufts Medical CenterOTHER
252 Previous Clinical Trials
252,598 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Behavioral change support program Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT04005456 — N/A
Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Research Study Groups: Symptomatic Fatigue/Myalgias Bucket, Gastrointestinal Health Umbrella, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Bucket, Immune Health Umbrella, Detoxification Bucket, Metabolic Health Umbrella, Perimenopausal and Menopausal Transitions Bucket, Premenstrual Syndrome Bucket, N of 1 Tent, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Bucket, Elevated Homocysteine Bucket, Dental Health Umbrella, Andropause/Late Onset Hypogonadism Bucket, Wellness Umbrella, Elevated Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA) Bucket, Autoimmune Conditions Bucket, Wellness Detoxification Bucket, Consequences of Metabolic (Dys)function Bucket C/S Design, Consequences of Metabolic (Dys)function Bucket R/I Design, Ketogenic Product Development Exploratory Group, Reproductive Health Umbrella
Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Clinical Trial 2023: Behavioral change support program Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT04005456 — N/A
Behavioral change support program 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT04005456 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What prerequisites must potential participants meet to be accepted into this experiment?

"This clinical trial is searching for 400 individuals with autoimmune diseases, aged 18 to 80."

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Are new participants still being welcomed into this experiment?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, this specific trial is no longer actively recruiting participants as it was last edited on April 4th 2022 and initially posted on September 1st 2018. Nonetheless, there are still 768 other trials that have open enrolment at the present time."

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Can individuals of less than octogenarian age participate in this experiment?

"In compliance with study parameters, the minimum age for enrolment is 18 years old and the maximum allowable age being 80."

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What are the desired outcomes of this experiment?

"As reported by Metagenics, Inc., the primary objective of this study will be evaluated over a Change from baseline period at 12 months using the University of Rhode island Change Assessment (URICA) questionnaire. Secondary outcomes that are also being assessed include Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR), which is provided as a numerical 0.00 value and denotes potential major health risk; Waist Circumference (WC) in centimeters (cm); and Height in meter (m)."

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Who else is applying?

What state do they live in?
Washington
How old are they?
18 - 65
What site did they apply to?
Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Center
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria
~61 spots leftby Apr 2025