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Study aim
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Evaluation of the effect of synbiotic supplementation on antioxidant and inflammatory markers, serum zonulin level and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease
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Design
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this is a randomized, double blind, parallel, placebo-controlled clinical trial, in which 80 Parkinson's disease will be divided into two groups: receiving synibiotics and Parkinson's appropriate diet or placebo and Parkinson's appropriate diet
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Settings and conduct
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Participants will be selected among Parkinson's disease referred to Imam Musa Sadr Clinic in Isfahan and will be randomly divided into two groups intervention and placebo and will be studied for 12 weeks. Supplements and placebo will be packed in similar boxes. To double-blind this study, treatment and placebo packets will be coded as A and B By someone other than the researcher prior to study initiation.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: agree to participate in the study, diagnosis of Parkinson's disease according to the criteria of the Parkinson's Disease Association, age 50 to 80 years
pataints will not be include if: intake of products enriched with probiotics, prebiotics or their supplements, antibiotics or laxatives, antioxidant supplements, history of Gastrointestinal surgery or disease, hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, neurological diseases, smoking, type 1 and 2 diabetes, use of anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressants drug, Hoehn and Yahr score of 5 out of 5
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Intervention groups
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The intervention group will receive 5 g/d synbiotic supplement and Parkinson's appropriate diet and control group will receive 5 g/d maltodextrin , and Parkinson's appropriate diet
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Main outcome variables
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symptoms of disease by MDS-UPDRS, Hoehn and Yahr score, inflammatory markers, total antioxidant and oxidant capacity, Malondiadehyde, glutathione, quality of life, zonulin,lipopolysaccharide(endotoxin), depression, anxiety,fatigue