The primary aim of our study is to carry out a randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of low-FODMAPs dietary therapy compared to conventional therapy for IBS patients recruited from tertiary hospitals in China. Secondary aims of this research include an analysis of clinical, physiological and microbiological factors that may predict IBS patient response to this dietary intervention.
Visit 1：Enrollment \& Screening \& Run-in period Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be asked to complete IBS Baseline Assessment Questionnaires according to Rome III.Subjects that meet the criteria will receive verbal and written information about the study and provide written informed consent. After meeting with the dietitian and physician who will provide instructions, they will be asked to complete Combined Nutrient and Lactulose Breath Test.\[16\] Additionally, a baseline food and symptom diary will be completed in a (minimum) 14 day run-in period after breath test (the first 48hr after the breath test will not be included in this analysis). This diary record prior to the intervention will document baseline symptom severity and capture the habitual diet of IBS patients. Visit 2: Randomization \& Intervention. After the run-in period, patients will come back to the clinic to receive dietary instruction ahead of starting the intervention. At the same visit subjects will provide fresh stool for fermentation analysis (including short chain fatty acids and pressure detection) and blood for cytokines analysis. Subjects will then be randomly assigned to either low FODMAP diet (LFD) group or traditional dietary advice for IBS (TDA) group by computer-generated random number table. Participants will receive food instructions by a dietitian, according to their assignment. Throughout the study, only the dietitian will be aware of the assignment of the intervention given. Both diet therapy will last for 3 weeks, and all the subjects are instructed to complete daily food and symptom diary through a provided booklet. IBS Symptoms Severity Scores (IBS-SSS) is evaluated every week and the dietitian who is not aware of the allocation will make a telephone follow-up to assess patient adherence. Visit 3: End of treatment \& Follow-up. After 3 weeks of intervention, the participants will attend a follow-up appointment and complete the IBS Post-Intervention Assessment Questionnaires. Fresh stools and blood are recollected at this visit to evaluate for possible change in gut microbiota and cytokines after diet intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
108
The low-FODMAPs diet(LFD) aims to keep oligosaccharides, fructose in excess of glucose, and polyol content at less than 0.5 g each per serving based on previously published data. low-FODMAPs diet therapy for 3 weeks
Traditional dietary advice(TDA) will focus more on how and when to eat rather than on what foods to ingest . Patients will be instructed to regularly eat, never too much or too little, never to be hungry or too full; to eat in peace and to chew thoroughly; reduce intake of fatty, spicy food, fiber, coffee and alcohol during the intervention period traditional dietary advice for 3 weeks
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital , College of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Compare response to diet intervention between different groups.
Primary endpoint will be response to 3-week of diet intervention defined by shows \>50 point reduction in IBS-SSS between baseline and post-intervention scores. The proportion of responders who met primary endpoint in each group will be compared.
Time frame: three weeks
Improvement in abdominal pain between different groups.
Compare improvement about abdominal pain during 3-week intervention period between different groups according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) individual composite end point (≥30% reduction in mean daily abdominal pain score).
Time frame: Three weeks
Improvement in stool consistency between different groups.
Compare improvement about stool consistency during 3-week intervention period between different groups according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) individual composite end point (a decrease in mean daily Bristol Stool Score (BSS) value of ≥1 compared with baseline for any 2 weeks of the intervention period).
Time frame: Three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in abdominal pain score between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in abdominal pain score，averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in abdominal frequency between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in abdominal frequency, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in bloating score between different groups.
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Compare group changes from baseline in bloating score, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in excessive wind score between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in excessive wind score, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in stool consistency between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in stool consistency as measured by BSS, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks..
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in stool frequency between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in stool frequency, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in urgency score between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in urgency score, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in incomplete defecation score between different groups.
Compare group changes from baseline in incomplete defecation score, averaged over each treatment week for total three weeks.
Time frame: Every week, last for three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in quality of life between different groups.
Compare group changes between baseline and post-intervention(3 weeks later) about quality of life evaluated by IBS-QOL.
Time frame: Three weeks
Compare changes from baseline in mental health between different groups.
Compare group changes between baseline and post-intervention(3 weeks later) about mental health evaluated by GAD-7 and PHQ-9.
Time frame: Three weeks