Clinical trial NCT05488912: Fiber-rich Foods, Weight Status, and the Gut Microbiota in NH Hispanic Adults at Risk for Food Insecurity
Official title: Fiber-rich Foods, Weight Status, and the Gut Microbiota: A Comparative Study in NH Hispanic Adults at Risk for Food Insecurity
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Food Insecurity
Overweight and Obesity
Keywords: Overweight
Obesity
Food insecurity
Hispanic/Latino
Gut microbiome
Lead sponsor: University of New Hampshire
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
First posted: 2022-08-05
Enrollment: 61
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population will be composed of two groups of participants, one group which is composed of participants with a healthy BMI and the other which is composed of overweight/obese participants.

All participants will have self-identified as having an origin or cultural background in a Spanish-speaking country and be between the ages of 18 and 55. All participants will come from SNAP-eligible households. For this study, a SNAP-eligible household is one where the household income is 150% of the national poverty level.

Brief summary: This study will include a group of 60 Hispanic adults living in New Hampshire with or without overweight/obesity. The study aims to assess food access and intake of fiber-rich foods, characterize fecal microbiota composition, and assess the relationship between the intake of fiber-rich foods and components of the gut microbiota-gut-brain axis. These aims will be accomplished through biospecimen collection including a pre-collected stool sample, a fasting blood sample, and a Mixed Meal Tolerance Test (MMTT). In addition, participants will answer questionnaires on dietary intake, food insecurity and access, physical activity, eating behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics.

Detailed description: This study will include Hispanic adults living in New Hampshire with or without overweight/obesity. In a group of 60 participants, the study aims to assess food access and intake of fiber-rich foods, characterize fecal microbiota composition, and assess the relationship between the intake of fiber-rich foods and components of the gut microbiota-gut-brain axis.

The study involves biospecimen collection including a pre-collected stool sample, a fasting blood sample, and a Mixed Meal Tolerance Test (MMTT). In addition, participants will answer questionnaires on dietary intake, food insecurity and access, physical activity, eating behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics.

Pre-collected stool samples will be obtained from participants. Anthropometric measurements will be collected at the time of the study visit including height, weight, and waist and hip circumference. BMI will be calculated. An intra-venous catheter will be inserted by a healthcare professional to first collect a fasting blood sample, and will remain inserted for all following blood samples. Subjects will then undergo a Mixed Meal Tolerance Test (MMTT), a validated metabolic assessment in which the participant ingests a liquid mixed meal (e.g., Boost or Ensure), and blood samples are subsequently collected 15min, 30min, 60min and 120min after meal ingestion.

In the intervals between blood sample collections, subjects will complete questionnaires on dietary intake, food insecurity and access, physical activity, eating behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics. The following validated measures will be used to assess these aims:

* USDA Household Food Sufficiency Questionnaire
* Perceived Nutrition Environment Measurements Survey (NEMS-P)
* Shortened version of the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire
* Latino Dietary Behaviors Questionnaire (LDBQ)
* Global Physical Activity Questionnaire
* Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics
* NHANES Weight History Questionnaire
* Medical History Questionnaire

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Two groups of participants will be recruited:

  1. Healthy BMI (20-25 kg/m2, n=30), and
  2. Overweight/Obese BMI (\>28 kg/m2, n=30)
* Other inclusion criteria are as follows:

  * Adult men and women (18-55 years of age) residing in a SNAP-eligible households;
  * Self-identifying as Hispanic or Latino, and with origin or cultural background from a Spanish-speaking Latin American country;
  * Willingness and ability to provide a signed informed consent; and
  * Willingness to complete study visits and participate in all aspects of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adults reporting any of the following conditions will be excluded from the study:

  * Diagnosed type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney or liver disease, cancer, chronic gastrointestinal conditions, cognitive impairment or incapacitating mental health problems, lack of mobility and physical independence, self-reported weight loss \>5 kg within past 6 months, history of communicable or chronic diseases, medication use or surgery that would preclude safe and active study participation, bariatric surgery, antibiotic use within past 3 months, ongoing participation in other clinical trials, use of anti-obesity medications within the past year, inability to communicate in oral and written form in English and/or Spanish, and habitual consumption of more than two alcoholic drinks per day or of illegal drugs.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Food Insecurity and Access
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Fiber Intake
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Microbial Richness
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Short-Chain Fatty Acids
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: LPS
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Insulin
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Glucose
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: GLP-1
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Ghrelin
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Fruit, Vegetable, and Whole Grain Intake
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
measure: Enterotype Classification of Gut Microbiota
timeFrame: August 2022 to August 2023
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Durham
country: United States
facility: University of New Hampshire Health & Wellness
state: New Hampshire
Study officials:
References:
citation: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Do I Qualify? NHEasy Gateway to Services https://nheasy.nh.gov/#/screening.
citation: Besser RE, Jones AG, McDonald TJ, Shields BM, Knight BA, Hattersley AT. The impact of insulin administration during the mixed meal tolerance test. Diabet Med. 2012 Oct;29(10):1279-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03649.x.
citation: NCCIH Clinical Research Toolbox. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/grants/toolbox (2020).
citation: 2020 Census Questionnaire. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/technical-documentation/questionnaires/2020.html (2020).
citation: Jauregui-Lobera I, Garcia-Cruz P, Carbonero-Carreno R, Magallares A, Ruiz-Prieto I. Psychometric properties of Spanish version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 (Tfeq-Sp) and its relationship with some eating- and body image-related variables. Nutrients. 2014 Dec 4;6(12):5619-35. doi: 10.3390/nu6125619.
citation: Fernandez S, Olendzki B, Rosal MC. A dietary behaviors measure for use with low-income, Spanish-speaking Caribbean Latinos with type 2 diabetes: the Latino Dietary Behaviors Questionnaire. J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Apr;111(4):589-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.01.015.
citation: Arredondo EM, Sotres-Alvarez D, Stoutenberg M, Davis SM, Crespo NC, Carnethon MR, Castaneda SF, Isasi CR, Espinoza RA, Daviglus ML, Perez LG, Evenson KR. Physical Activity Levels in U.S. Latino/Hispanic Adults: Results From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Am J Prev Med. 2016 Apr;50(4):500-508. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.08.029. Epub 2015 Nov 18.
citation: Marin, G., Sabogal, F., Marin, B. V., Otero-Sabogal, R. & Perez-Stable, E. J. Development of a Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 9, 183-205 (1987).
citation: NHANES 2017-2018 Questionnaire Instruments. https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/continuousnhanes/questionnaires.aspx?BeginYear=2017.
citation: Svedlund J, Sjodin I, Dotevall G. GSRS--a clinical rating scale for gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and peptic ulcer disease. Dig Dis Sci. 1988 Feb;33(2):129-34. doi: 10.1007/BF01535722.
citation: Vandeputte D, Falony G, Vieira-Silva S, Tito RY, Joossens M, Raes J. Stool consistency is strongly associated with gut microbiota richness and composition, enterotypes and bacterial growth rates. Gut. 2016 Jan;65(1):57-62. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2015-309618. Epub 2015 Jun 11.
citation: Harrison GG, Stormer A, Herman DR, Winham DM. Development of a spanish-language version of the U.S. household food security survey module. J Nutr. 2003 Apr;133(4):1192-7. doi: 10.1093/jn/133.4.1192.
citation: Green SH, Glanz K. Development of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Jul;49(1):50-61. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.02.004.
citation: New Hampshire Food Access Map. https://unhcoopext.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5caa235e0e024beb8bebba50a0297d15&entry=2.
citation: Babey, S. H., Diamant, A., Hastert, T. A., Goldstein, H. & Al., E. Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes. (2008).
citation: Dietary Screener Questionnaire in the NHANES 2009-10: Background. https://epi.grants.cancer.gov/nhanes/dietscreen/.
citation: Caporaso JG, Lauber CL, Walters WA, Berg-Lyons D, Huntley J, Fierer N, Owens SM, Betley J, Fraser L, Bauer M, Gormley N, Gilbert JA, Smith G, Knight R. Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms. ISME J. 2012 Aug;6(8):1621-4. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.8. Epub 2012 Mar 8.
citation: Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, Bokulich NA, Abnet CC, Al-Ghalith GA, Alexander H, Alm EJ, Arumugam M, Asnicar F, Bai Y, Bisanz JE, Bittinger K, Brejnrod A, Brislawn CJ, Brown CT, Callahan BJ, Caraballo-Rodriguez AM, Chase J, Cope EK, Da Silva R, Diener C, Dorrestein PC, Douglas GM, Durall DM, Duvallet C, Edwardson CF, Ernst M, Estaki M, Fouquier J, Gauglitz JM, Gibbons SM, Gibson DL, Gonzalez A, Gorlick K, Guo J, Hillmann B, Holmes S, Holste H, Huttenhower C, Huttley GA, Janssen S, Jarmusch AK, Jiang L, Kaehler BD, Kang KB, Keefe CR, Keim P, Kelley ST, Knights D, Koester I, Kosciolek T, Kreps J, Langille MGI, Lee J, Ley R, Liu YX, Loftfield E, Lozupone C, Maher M, Marotz C, Martin BD, McDonald D, McIver LJ, Melnik AV, Metcalf JL, Morgan SC, Morton JT, Naimey AT, Navas-Molina JA, Nothias LF, Orchanian SB, Pearson T, Peoples SL, Petras D, Preuss ML, Pruesse E, Rasmussen LB, Rivers A, Robeson MS 2nd, Rosenthal P, Segata N, Shaffer M, Shiffer A, Sinha R, Song SJ, Spear JR, Swafford AD, Thompson LR, Torres PJ, Trinh P, Tripathi A, Turnbaugh PJ, Ul-Hasan S, van der Hooft JJJ, Vargas F, Vazquez-Baeza Y, Vogtmann E, von Hippel M, Walters W, Wan Y, Wang M, Warren J, Weber KC, Williamson CHD, Willis AD, Xu ZZ, Zaneveld JR, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Knight R, Caporaso JG. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 Aug;37(8):852-857. doi: 10.1038/s41587-019-0209-9. No abstract available.
citation: Callahan BJ, Sankaran K, Fukuyama JA, McMurdie PJ, Holmes SP. Bioconductor Workflow for Microbiome Data Analysis: from raw reads to community analyses. F1000Res. 2016 Jun 24;5:1492. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8986.2. eCollection 2016.
citation: Varemo L, Nielsen J, Nookaew I. Enriching the gene set analysis of genome-wide data by incorporating directionality of gene expression and combining statistical hypotheses and methods. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Apr;41(8):4378-91. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt111. Epub 2013 Feb 26.
citation: Benjamini, Y. & Hochberg, Y. Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach to Multiple Testing. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Methodological) 57, 289-300 (1995).
citation: Dao MC, Everard A, Aron-Wisnewsky J, Sokolovska N, Prifti E, Verger EO, Kayser BD, Levenez F, Chilloux J, Hoyles L; MICRO-Obes Consortium; Dumas ME, Rizkalla SW, Dore J, Cani PD, Clement K. Akkermansia muciniphila and improved metabolic health during a dietary intervention in obesity: relationship with gut microbiome richness and ecology. Gut. 2016 Mar;65(3):426-36. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308778. Epub 2015 Jun 22.