Active clinical trials for "Dysbiosis"

The MyRA study will primarily investigate whether there are associations between the structure and function of the gut microbiome and response to methotrexate in early rheumatoid arthritis patients. The microbiome will be characterised via shotgun metagenomic sequencing of microbial DNA present in stool samples taken during the participant's first 6 months of taking methotrexate.

Overweight and obesity are worldwide health problems that can affect negatively quality of life. With increasing prevalence of obesity and the failure of compliance to lifestyle, bariatric surgeries have become the treatment of choice to help achieve long term sustainable weight loss. In some cases of bariatric surgery, weight loss stops and there are cases in which obesity manifests itself again; the mechanism underlying the re-appearance of obesity is not known. Recently, the gut microbiota, has been implicated in the etiology of obesity and metabolic syndrome due to its important role in digestion, metabolism and regulating gut peptides and hormones. In accordance with this, it has been shown in mice that obesity can be associated with dysbiosis (Imbalance in gut bacteria) and there has been successful reduction of weight in interventions when microbiota was manipulated. Hypothesis: Emirati participants will have unique microbiota and gut peptides when compared to Lebanese participants. The microbiota and gut peptides variability is significantly different between those with normal weight compared to obese participants undergoing bariatric surgery. The bariatric procedure will have a significant effect on the variability of microbiota, gut peptides, blood chemistry, dietary intake and metabolism among the obese participants. Objectives of the study: Determine the gut microbiota composition of Emirati healthy normal weight participants and compare to that of Lebanese via Illumina sequencing NGS (Next Generation Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene) of the microbiota from the stool samples. Determine the gut microbiota composition of Emirati obese participants and compare to that of Lebanese counterparts using NGS. Determine the effect of bariatric procedure in UAE and Lebanon respectively on gut microbiota (using NGS), gut peptides in plasma, blood chemistry and metabolism using indirect calorimetry and food intake. Importance of this research: The microbiota and gut peptides variability is determined by body weight and ethnicity of the studied populations. It is hypothesized that bariatric surgery will have a significant effect on the variability of microbiota, gut peptides, blood chemistry, dietary intake and metabolism. This study will be a pioneering research in UAE and Lebanon to assist in finding population tailored therapeutic strategies that target the gut microbiota and treat obesity.

The aim objective is to identify markers of bacterial, viral and fungal pulmonary dysbiosis, associated with the occurrence of exacerbation in patients followed for cystic fibrosis. The primary endpoint is the association between a modification of at least 10% of the relative abundance of a bacterial phylum (Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Fusobacteria) or fungal (ascomycetes / hemiascomycetes, basidiomycetes, zygomycetes), or viral, and the occurrence of exacerbations over a period of 12 months.

In the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sepsis, through routine stool testing and dynamic testing of coagulation function, we found that patients often have stools that are not formed, the proportion of main fecal bacteria is imbalanced, the level of blood bacterial toxins rises, and the abnormal coagulation status indicate the gut microbiome dysbiosis may play an important regulatory role in abnormal blood coagulation in patients with sepsis. Therefore, we propose that the gut microbiome dysbiosis is involved in sepsis-induced coagulopathy. This project intends to prospectively observe the changes in gut microbiome dysbiosis and blood coagulation function in patients with sepsis before and after treatment, and explore whether the changes in gut microbiome dysbiosis promote the development of sepsis through coagulation disorders, provide new research perspectives for diagnosis and treatment for sepsis.