Role of Diet on the Microbiome of the Digestive System

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age45+
SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center

About this trial

This study is to learn more about how diet affects the microbiome (bacteria and microorganisms) of the digestive system. Researchers want to learn if this, in turn, has an effect on if and how people then develop colorectal cancer.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

GROUP I: Patients presenting for a screening colonoscopy

GROUP I: Age of 45 and above

GROUP I: Strict vegetarian diet, determined by using diet history questionnaire 3.0 National Institutes of Health (NIH)

GROUP I: Non smoker

Disqualifiers

• Current smokers (nicotine abuse only)

Positive family history of colon cancer or colon cancer related syndromes

Recent use of antibiotics in 1 month

History of inflammatory bowel disease, and/or radiation enteritis or colitis

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Locations

1
M D Anderson Cancer Center77090, HoustonTexas, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Lead sponsor