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Study aim
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To determine whether weight loss diet with or without Lactobacillus rhamnosus supplementation on inflammatory and oxidative biomarkers, gut microbiota profile, gut metabolites and cardiac remodeling in patients with Myocardial Infarction (MI).
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Design
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Randomized double-blind clinical trial with two arm parallel groups phase 3 trial
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Settings and conduct
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The trial will be conducted at outpatient cardiology clinic of Shahid Madani Heart center affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. All the patients will be screened by an expert cardiologist for eligibility. Those willing to take part in the study will be carefully evaluated with reference to inclusion criteria. Then, they will be requested to sign an informed consent. A third party who is blind to the study will give the sequence extracted from allocation software. After an overnight fasting, blood will be collected and supplements will be provided to the participants. supplementation duration will be 12 weeks.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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forty eight patients with Myocardial Infarction (MI) will be included in the study.
Subjects with diabetes; chronic renal failure and history of supplementation with prebiotics will not be included.
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Intervention groups
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The subjects in both groups will receive a weight loss diet. Patients in the intervention group will use a Lactobacillus rhamnosus capsules 1.6 ×109 with their lunch, daily. In the placebo (control) group, the capsules will contain of maltodextrin.
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Main outcome variables
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Physical activity level, Depression level, Quality of Life, echocardiography in terms of cardiac remodeling,, serum levels of antioxidant capacity, lipid profile, inflammatory markers,gut microbiota profile and gut metabolite