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Study NCT ID:
NCT04491266
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2020-08-12
First Post:
2020-07-25
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Tolerability and Modulatory Action of the Butyrate Releaser N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) Butyramide
Sponsor:
Federico II University
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Tolerability and Modulatory Action on Neonatal Gastrointestinal Function and Immunity of the Butyrate Releaser N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) Butyramide as New Component for Infant Formula
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2020-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Accumulating evidence is showing that gut microbiota could play a key role in gastrointestinal tract and immune system development and function. Many beneficial effects elicited by gut microbiota are mediated its metabolites. Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are major metabolites produced by gut microbiota. Among SCFA, butyrate has emerged as pivotal regulator of many gastrointestinal function and immune system development and function.
Butyrate is produced by intestinal microbial fermentation of resistant starches and dietary fiber. It regulates several beneficial intestinal and extra-intestinal functions, among the first it serves as the primary energy source for the gut epithelium, increases mineral absorption, stimulates proliferation and differentiation of normal colon epithelial cells, improves the gut barrier function by stimulation of the formation of mucin, antimicrobial peptides, and tight-junction proteins, interacts with the immune system and has anti-inflammatory effects.
Butyrate also seems to regulate the expression of antimicrobial peptides in particular upregulating transcription of cathelicidin thanks to his action of histone deacetylase inhibitor and it has been shown to induce human β-defensin 2 (HBD-2) mRNA expression in colonocytes, although there are few publications reporting its regulation of defensins (Berni Canani R et al. W J Gastroenterol. 2011;17(12):1519). Preliminary data showed that breast milk contains butyrate. Butyrate could be an ideal compound for infant formulas for an efficient regulation of a number of protective actions at gastrointestinal tract level and at systemic level.
A new butyrate releaser, useful for all the known applications of butyrate, presenting physiochemical characteristics suitable for easy oral administration (free from unpleasant organoleptic properties of butyrate): N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) butyramide (FBA) has been developed. The molecule is a butyrate amide with the amino acid phenylalanine, solid, odourless, tasteless, stable at gastric pH, and able to release butyrate constantly throughout gastrointestinal tract.
The aim of the study was to evaluate tolerability and safety profile of a nutritional intervention with FBA in formula fed at term neonates. The effects on the expression of innate immunity biomarkers as well as on neonatal gut function were also assessed.
Butyrate is produced by intestinal microbial fermentation of resistant starches and dietary fiber. It regulates several beneficial intestinal and extra-intestinal functions, among the first it serves as the primary energy source for the gut epithelium, increases mineral absorption, stimulates proliferation and differentiation of normal colon epithelial cells, improves the gut barrier function by stimulation of the formation of mucin, antimicrobial peptides, and tight-junction proteins, interacts with the immune system and has anti-inflammatory effects.
Butyrate also seems to regulate the expression of antimicrobial peptides in particular upregulating transcription of cathelicidin thanks to his action of histone deacetylase inhibitor and it has been shown to induce human β-defensin 2 (HBD-2) mRNA expression in colonocytes, although there are few publications reporting its regulation of defensins (Berni Canani R et al. W J Gastroenterol. 2011;17(12):1519). Preliminary data showed that breast milk contains butyrate. Butyrate could be an ideal compound for infant formulas for an efficient regulation of a number of protective actions at gastrointestinal tract level and at systemic level.
A new butyrate releaser, useful for all the known applications of butyrate, presenting physiochemical characteristics suitable for easy oral administration (free from unpleasant organoleptic properties of butyrate): N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) butyramide (FBA) has been developed. The molecule is a butyrate amide with the amino acid phenylalanine, solid, odourless, tasteless, stable at gastric pH, and able to release butyrate constantly throughout gastrointestinal tract.
The aim of the study was to evaluate tolerability and safety profile of a nutritional intervention with FBA in formula fed at term neonates. The effects on the expression of innate immunity biomarkers as well as on neonatal gut function were also assessed.
Detailed Description:
None
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: