We will sample intestinal microbiota using a microbiome sampling capsule in patients with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
Prospective, open-label, single-arm, non-randomized, multi-center study designed to evaluate the effect of the antibiotic rifaximin on the regional composition of the gut microbiota and metabolic profiles of subjects diagnosed with SIBO, using the CapScan collection capsule.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
34
The CapScan collection capsule is a single-use device that collects fluids from the gastrointestinal tract for analysis ex-vivo.
Silicon Valley Gastroenterology
Mountain View, California, United States
RECRUITINGSampling of gut microbiota
\> 75% of the retrieved CapScan devices to provide at least 3 million metagenomic DNA sequencing reads of gut microbes from the intestinal tract, and at least 900 annotated gut metabolites.
Time frame: 56 days
Sampling of gut metabolome
\>75% of the retrieved CapScan devices to provide at least 900 annotated gut metabolites.
Time frame: 56 days
Effect of rifaximin on gut microbiota
Determine the effect of rifaximin on the regional compositions of the gut microbiota among SIBO patients by assessing the diversity, centroids and distributions of microbial taxa from sequenced CapScan samples of each subject before and after rifaximin at 5 time points.
Time frame: 56 days
Effect of rifaximin on gut metabolome
Determine the effect of rifaximin on the regional compositions of the gut metabolites among SIBO patients by assessing the changes to metabolite classes and metabolic pathways as measured by LC/MS-MS analysis of CapScan samples for each subject before and after rifaximin at 5 time points.
Time frame: 56 days
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