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Sucrase Isomaltase DeficiencyGenMalCarb2NCT06770907

Genetic Carbohydrate Maldigestion As Model to Study Food Hypersensitivity Mechanism (WORK PACKAGE 2)

An observational study of Sucrase Isomaltase Deficiency, run by University of Nottingham at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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Opening soon. The study is approved but enrolment has not started yet. Sites may already take enquiries.

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Trial summary

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects one in seven people with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms that are detected without an established underlying organic cause. IBS strongly impacts quality of life, is a leading cause of work absenteeism, and consumes 0.5% of the healthcare annual budget. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Sucrase Isomaltase Deficiency
What is being tested?
Blood, stool and saliva collection, Questionnaire completion and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath test
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Mar 2025to Mar 2026
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Single-centre study. CSID subjects will be identified and recruited either with the help of the PPI group through advertisements on social media or flyers at Clinical Genetics and Genomic Conferences and Adult Metabolic Disorder Conferences. Healthy participants will be recruited through social media advertisements and posters.

Who may be able to join

  • Aged ≥18 (all groups)
  • Subjects with genetically proven CSID
  • Previous negative endoscopy with biopsies excluding IBD or microscopic colitis in people above 50 years old.
  • Negative relevant additional screening (including exclusion of coeliac disease with TTG and IgA)
  • Ability to conform to the study protocol including the sucrose challenge.
  • Aged ≥18 years
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  • Absence of Rome III IBS criteria
  • Non-SI variant confirmed (group 1) or Single-SI variants confirmed (group 2) or Double - SI variants confirmed (group 3)
  • Ability to conform to the study protocol including the sucrose challenge

Who cannot join

  • Subjects on opioids and use of drugs known to alter GI motility for the duration of the study.
  • Presence of concurrent organic gastrointestinal disease (inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease, cancer), or a major disease such as diabetes, uncontrolled thyroid disease
  • Any history of bowel surgery (not appendectomy or cholecystectomy)
  • Contraindication to MRI scanning
  • Having taken part in another interventional research study within 3 months
  • Concurrent major confounding condition (e.g. alcohol or substance abuse in the last 2 years) based on the study clinician's judgement.
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  • Person presenting with a functional or organic GI disorder.
  • Person presenting with underlying disease that may involve the GI tract (e.g. Parkinson's disease) or be associated with GI symptoms (e.g. anorexia nervosa, major depression).
  • Any history of bowel surgery (not appendectomy or cholecystectomy)
  • Contraindication to MRI scanning
  • Having taken part in another interventional research study within 3 months
  • Concurrent major confounding condition (e.g. alcohol or substance abuse in the last 2 years) based on the clinician's judgement.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Maura Corsetti, Medical Doctor contact

+447976448821

maura.corsetti@nottingham.ac.uk

United Kingdom1 site
  • University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, NG7 2UH

    Maura Corsetti, Medical Doctor, 0044 7976448821, maura.corsetti@nottingham.ac.uk

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About this study

Official title: Genetic Carbohydrate Maldigestion As a Model to Study Food Hypersensitivity Mechanism and Guide Personalised Treatment Using a Non-invasive Multiparametric Test (WORK PACKAGE 2)

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects one in seven people with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms that are detected without an established underlying organic cause. IBS strongly impacts quality of life, is a leading cause of work absenteeism, and consumes 0.5% of the healthcare annual budget. It manifests in women more than men with symptoms including abdominal pain, bloating, constipation (IBS-C), diarrhoea (IBS-D), and mixed presentations (IBS-M). The development of therapeutic options is hampered by the heterogeneity of IBS, the lack of specificity of its symptom-based definitions, and the poor understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.

Many people with IBS find that certain foods (particularly carbohydrates) trigger their symptoms and avoiding such foods has been shown to be effective in IBS. An example of such a diet is the low-FODMAP (fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides and polyols) exclusion diet, developed by researchers at Monash University. This has suggested that the food-symptom relation may involve malabsorption of carbohydrates due to inefficient enzymatic breakdown of polysaccharides. However, only a percentage of subjects respond to this diet. Overall, the current findings relating to SI, suggest a strong potential for effective personalized therapeutic (dietary) interventions in subgroups of IBS subjects and suggest similar mechanisms should be investigated in relation to other genes involved in the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates (CDGs). This project aims to understand what the mechanisms for GI symptoms in subjects with these genetic alterations are. Aim of the study is to assess the gut response to a sucrose challenge in single-and double-carriers of the common hypomorphic sucrase-isomaltase variant p. (Val15Phe) vs non- carriers (negative controls) and CSID subjects (positive controls), applying an MRI multiparametric test combined with a breath test.

Being tested
Blood, stool and saliva collection, Questionnaire completion, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath test
Keywords
sucrose isomaltase deficiency
Medical subject headings
Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency, congenital

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Blood, stool and saliva collectionOther

    Blood, stool and saliva collection

  • Questionnaire completionOther

    Questionnaire on:

    • Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score (HADS) for adults
    • Total glucose and fructose and excess fructose, lactose, sorbitol, mannitol, oligosaccharides (Fructans and GOS) as measured by CNAQ questionnaire for adults and children
    • Patient Health Questionnaire 12 (PHQ-12) Somatic Symptom scale
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath testDiagnostic test

    MRI scans and breath test samples collected after drink test with sucrose

Study groups in NCT06770907
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase DeficiencySubjects with congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID) who report symptoms
Receives: Other: Blood, stool and saliva collection; Other: Questionnaire completion; Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath test
Healthy subjectsSubjects without CSID
Receives: Other: Blood, stool and saliva collection; Other: Questionnaire completion; Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath test
Asymptomatic controls single carriersSubjects single carriers for sucrose isomaltase deficiency without symptoms
Receives: Other: Blood, stool and saliva collection; Other: Questionnaire completion; Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath test
Asymptomatic controls double carriersSubjects double carriers for sucrose isomaltase deficiency without symptoms
Receives: Other: Blood, stool and saliva collection; Other: Questionnaire completion; Diagnostic Test: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Breath test

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Area under the curve

    Area under curve (AUC) of the change from baseline for the MRI measured small bowel water content after the drink test with sucrose

    Measured: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

Secondary outcomes (20)
  1. Habitual diet questionnaire

    subject will report food eaten at each meal

    Measured: during 4 days before the MRI study

  2. MRI measured colon free water content

    MRI measured colon free water content, (in arbitrary units) after the drink test

    Measured: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  3. MRI measured small bowel and colon gas content

    small bowel and colon gas content (in arbitrary units) after the drink test

    Measured: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  4. MRI measured small bowel and colon volume

    small bowel and colon volume in arbritary units after drink test

    Measured: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  5. MRI measured oro-caecal transit time

    oro-caecal transit time (OCTT), (in arbitrary units) after the drink test

    Measured: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  6. Breath hydrogen and methane concentration measured in parts per million after drink test

    Measured: baseline and then 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  7. Symptoms of nausea, gas/flatulence, bloating and pain/discomfort measured using a Composite Symptom Score after the drink test

    Measured: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  8. Total glucose and fructose and excess fructose, lactose, sorbitol, mannitol, oligosaccharides (Fructans and GOS) as measured by Comprehensive Nutrition Assessment Questionnaire

    CNAQ questionnaires results

    Measured: time 0

  9. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score

    scale measuring the score of anxiety and depression

    Measured: time 0

  10. The Patient Health Questionnaire 12

    Scale measuring the psychosomatic score

    Measured: Time 0

  11. Stool microbiota taxonomic

    Analysis of of microbiota taxonomic in the two stool samples collected by patient during the day before the MRI study day

    Measured: Up to 3 days before the MRI study

  12. Stool microbiota alpha and beta diversity measurements

    Analysis of alfa and beta diversity of microbiota in the two stool samples collected by patient before the study day

    Measured: Up to three days before the MRI study day

  13. Serum levels of short chain fatty acids

    Serum levels

    Measured: At baseline and 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 minutes after the drink test

  14. Circulating blood glucose levels

    Measured: Baseline and then 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test

  15. Serum levels of surrogates of intestinal permeability (occludin, lipopolysaccharide binding protein)

    Serum levels

    Measured: At baseline and 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 minutes after the drink test

  16. Serum levels of lipidome and free fatty acids

    Serum levels

    Measured: At baseline and 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 minutes after the drink test

  17. Serum levels of total serum N-glycome and glucose

    Serum levels

    Measured: At baseline and 0, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 minutes after the drink test

  18. Food and drink avoidance questionnaire

    patients will respond to the below questions:

    • Name of the food or drink you try to avoid.
    • Please tell us if you try to avoid this food or drink partially or completely? Approximately how long you have tried to avoid this food or drink partially or completely.

    Why do you try to avoid this food or drink partially or completely (including if you have been told to avoid it by a health care professional such as a doctor or dietitian)

    Measured: at time 0

  19. Leeds Food Preference Questionnaire

    The LFPQ consists of two tasks requiring different interaction from the participant. One task requires an explicit evaluation of each food item using visual analogue scales. The other requires a quick choice to be made between paired combinations of foods. The order of task completion is randomised.

    Measured: at time 0

  20. Food Craving Questionnaire - State (FCQ-S)

    participants respond to 14 questions about sugary food and they will respond with a scale from 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree.

    Measured: at time 0

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Jan 2025
  2. Study startMar 2025 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionDec 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completionMar 2026 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
80 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06770907
Sponsor's protocol ID
FMHS 215-0624
Acronym
GenMalCarb2
Status last verified
Jan 2025
First submitted
21 Nov 2024
Last updated
13 Jan 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Sucrase Isomaltase Deficiency, run by University of Nottingham at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jan 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Maura Corsetti, Medical Doctor (+447976448821, maura.corsetti@nottingham.ac.uk), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Area under the curve (time frame: 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300 minutes after the drink test). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jan 2025.

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