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Targeting gut microbiota with short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides prebiotic fibers to support metabolic health in overweight prediabetic adults: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study.

Frontiers in nutrition2025The record ↗

findings
2
compound
1
endpoints
2
no difference found
1
  1. Finding, moderate evidencelowersFat mass
  2. Finding, moderate evidenceno difference foundGlycated haemoglobin (HbA1c)
Study, every finding
RCT · 3 months
Dose studied, every finding
20 g/day (two 10 g sachets) for 12 weeks
  • “Body fat mass decreased in the scFOS arm while it increased in the placebo arm between V2 and V5.”
    Interests
    An author is affiliated with a producer
    Population
    Overweight adults with prediabetes, intention-to-treat population, fat mass by DEXA

What did not

  • “No significant difference was observed between scFOS and placebo in the change of HbA1c from V2 to V5 (+0.055% vs +0.030%, p = 0.6835) in the ITT population.”
    Interests
    An author is affiliated with a producer
    Population
    Overweight adults with prediabetes (fasting glycaemia 1 to 1.25 g/L), intention-to-treat population, placebo maltodextrin

Study record

Design
randomised controlled trial
Species
human
Population
Overweight adults with prediabetes (fasting glycemia 1 to 1.25 g/L, BMI 23 to 34.9 kg/m2), three clinical units in France; short-chain FOS (Actilight 950P: 1-kestose, nystose, 1F-fructofuranosyl nystose)
Participants
66
Comparator
placebo
Duration
84 days
Endpoints measured
50