Effect of the probiotic cheese on high-normal blood pressure

ISRCTN ISRCTN29040130
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN29040130
Secondary identifying numbers 202M-25
Submission date
09/08/2011
Registration date
24/08/2011
Last edited
07/02/2022
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Circulatory System
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Background and study aims
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a major cardiovascular (heart disease) risk factor. It has been shown that reducing blood pressure reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. For people with high-normal blood pressure and without any serious risk factors like diabetes and kidney failure clinical treatment using medications is not indicated, but changes in lifestyle and diet could be helpful. The purpose of this study is to assess the safety of a probiotic Edam-type cheese and its effectiveness on blood pressure reduction.

Who can participate?
Generally healthy persons aged 18 years and over with elevated blood pressure who do not take medications will be recruited through clinics in Southern and Central Estonia.

What does the study involve?
Participants are randomly allocated to eat 50 g per day of either probiotic cheese or normal cheese, or to receive no treatment. The study duration is 4 weeks, and participants are asked to assess their well-being and gastrointestinal (digestive) effects, and also to provide blood, urine and fecal samples to test the effects of the probiotic.

What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Study participants will receive an assessment of their health status and if necessary, a consultation with a nutritionist and/or a specialist. The study causes minimal inconvenience to participants. As blood samples are taken by an experienced nurse, the procedure is safe. However, there may be bruising and discomfort at the site of the blood test as with any blood test. The amounts of blood we are taking are small enough that they should not make you feel fatigue or cause anemia. There may be local red reactions at the site of the injections.

Where is the study run from?
The study is carried out in a cooperation between the Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC, the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu and the Dairy Cooperative E-piim (Estonia). The study takes place at the Centre for Clinical and Physiological Research of the Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC in Tartu, Estonia.

When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
Patients will be enrolled in the study in September 2011. Follow-up examinations will continue until December 2011.

Who is funding the study?
Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC, the EU Structural Funds.

Who is the main contact?
Dr Pirje Hütt
pirje.hutt@ut.ee

Contact information

Prof Marika Mikelsaar
Scientific

University of Tartu
Faculty of Medicine
Dept of Microbiology
Ravila 19
Tartu
50411
Estonia

Phone +372 (0)737 4179
Email marika.mikelsaar@ut.ee

Study information

Study designRandomized blinded controlled parallel three-arm study
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)GP practice
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific titleEffect of the probiotic Südamejuust (heart friendly cheese) comprising Lactobacillus plantarum TENSIA DSM 21380 on subjects with high-normal blood pressure: a randomized blinded controlled parallel three-arm study
Study acronymTE6
Study objectivesThe consumption of probiotic cheese comprising the strain L. plantarum TENSIA helps to maintain normal blood pressure by reducing high-normal systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure.
Ethics approval(s)Ethics Review Committee on Human Research of the University of Tartu, 14/03/2011, ref: 205T-5
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedHypertension
InterventionParticipants randomised to active, placebo or control group will receive the intervention for 3 weeks:
1. Active intervention: probiotics cheese 50 g per day (probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum
TENSIA dose: 10^10 colony forming units [CFU])
2. Placebo: 50 g control cheese
3. Control: no treatment
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhasePhase II
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Lactobacillus plantarum TENSIA probiotic cheese
Primary outcome measureDecrease in systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure measured pre intervention, at the end of the intervention and also 1 week post intervention.
Secondary outcome measuresThe following outcomes will be measured pre intervention, at the end of the intervention and also 1 week post intervention.
1. Body mass index (BMI)
2. Changes in inflammatory markers (WBC, hs-CRP)
3. Changes in lipidogram [total cholesterol and/or low density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and/or triglycerides]
4. Changes in fecal microflora
5. Persistence of ingested probiotic strain for 1 week
6. Blood, fecal and urine samples are collected at run-in, baseline and end of the study
Overall study start date19/09/2011
Completion date07/11/2011

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants120, 40 subjects in each arm
Key inclusion criteria1. Wish to participate
2. Aged 18 years and over
3. Baseline blood pressure levels high-normal according to European Society of Hypertension (ESH)/European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension (2007): systolic blood pressure (SBP) 130-139 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) 85-89 mmHg, white blood cell (WBC) < 8.8x109 /L, high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) < 5 mg/L, glucose <6.0 mmol/L, serum creatinine F < 80 µmol/L, M: <106 µmol/L.
4. Signed informed consent
Key exclusion criteria1. History of any gastrointestinal disease
2. Use of any antimicrobial drug within the last month
3. Use of any regular concomitant medication, including medical preparations including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antioxidant vitamins
4. Food allergy
5. Diabetes and acute infection
6. Pregnancy or breastfeeding
Date of first enrolment19/09/2011
Date of final enrolment07/11/2011

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Estonia

Study participating centre

University of Tartu
Tartu
50411
Estonia

Sponsor information

BioCC OÜ
Industry

Kreutzwaldi 1
Tartu
51014
Estonia

Phone +372 (0)516 4210
Email ene.tammsaar@tptak.ee
Website http:// www.tptak.ee

Funders

Funder type

Industry

Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC (Estonia)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing planNot provided at time of registration

Editorial Notes

07/02/2022: The sponsor organisation has been changed from "Bio-Competence Centre of Healthy Dairy Products LLC (Estonia)" to "BioCC OÜ".