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Published in final edited form as: Int J Biol Macromol. 2024 Jan 5;259(Pt 1):129216. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129216

Table 3.

List of the clinical trials and observational studies related to inulin [190].

Title Status Conditions Interventions Identifier Phase
Atorvastatin calcium, oligofructose-enriched inulin, or sulindac in preventing cancer in patients at increased risk of developing colorectal neoplasia Completed Colon cancer; precancerous condition; rectal cancer Drug: oligofructose-enriched inulin (Raftilose Synergy1: a commercially available powder containing 90 to 94 %, wt/wt inulin and oligofructose, glucose and fructose (4 to 6 %, wt/wt), and sucrose (2 to 4 %, wt/wt; 6 g twice daily); Drug: sulindac; Drug: placebo; Drug: atorvastatin calcium; Other: laboratory biomarker analysis NCT00335504 Phase 2
Using probiotics to reactivate tumor suppressor genes in colon cancer Completed Colon cancer Dietary supplement: ProBion Clinica (equivalent to a dose of 1.4 × 1010 Bifidobacterium lactis bl-04 (ATCC sd5219), 7 × 109 Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM (ATCC 700396), and 0.63 g inulin) NCT03072641 NA
Mixture of prebiotics on intestinal microbiota of patients receiving abdominal radiotherapy. Completed Prebiotics; microbiota; radiation therapy complication; endometrial neoplasms Dietary supplement: 6 g of fiber containing inulin (50 %) and fructo-oligosaccharide (50 %); Dietary supplement: maltodextrin (a homo-oligomer containing 3 to 17 glucose residues per chain) NCT01549782 NA
Prevention of febrile neutropenia by synbiotics in pediatric cancer patients Unknown status Febrile neutropenia; neutropenia; infection in an immunocompromised host; cancer Dietary supplement: Probio-Fix inum; Dietary supplement: Beneo Synergy 1 (oligofructose-enriched inulin); Other: placebo NCT02544685 Phase 2
Synbiotics and gastrointestinal function related quality of life after colectomy for cancer Completed Colorectal neoplasms Dietary supplement: Synbiotics (containing 2.5 g of each of the four fermentable fibers (prebiotics) such as b-glucan, inulin, pectin, and resistant starch; Dietary supplement: placebo NCT01479907 NA
Influence of sulindac and probiotics on the development of pouch adenomas in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis Unknown status Adenomatous polyposis coli Drug: sulindac; Drug: VSL#3® (probiotic); Drug: probiotic-inulin (12 g/day) NCT00319007 Phase 2
Inositol supplementation to treat PCOS (INSUPP-PCOS) Recruiting PCOS; anovulation; hyperandrogenism; insulin resistance; glucose intolerance; metabolic complication Other: daily placebo (received maltodextrin and inulin); Drug: inositol NCT03864068 Phase 2
Effect of dietary fiber intervention on patients with polycystic ovary syndrome Not yet recruiting PCOS Dietary supplement: dietary intervention [dietary fiber containing inulin (4 g), resistant starch (4 g), and β-glucan (2 g)] NCT05431816 NA
The vascular and metabolic effects of sunitinib in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma Completed Hypertension; renal function; insulin sensitivity; renal cell carcinoma Not provided NCT01227213 Observational study
Effect of dietary modification on microbiota in overweight and obese polycystic ovary syndrome patients Unknown status PCOS Dietary supplement: dietary and lifestyle modification and probiotic SANPROBI super formula (containing seven live probiotic bacteria strains and two prebiotics, namely fructo-oligosaccharide, inulin); Other: placebo NCT03325023 Phase 4

Abbreviations: ATCC: American type cell culture; NA: not applicable; PCOS: polycystic ovary syndrome.