No phaseCompleted
Walnuts and Colon Health (The WellNut Trial)
Microbiota, Metabolites and Colon Neoplasia
- Sponsor
- UConn Health (Academic or other)
- Enrolment
- 140 enrolled
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer; Diet Habit
- Interventions
- Walnuts
- Ages
- adults, older adults
- Registry
- NCT05195970
From the registry
The purpose of this research study is to examine whether adding walnuts to your diet can have a beneficial effect on the gut bacteria population, inflammatory markers in the blood, and the tissue that lines the inside of the colon.
Primary outcomes
- Bacterial composition and taxonomy changes in the fecal microbiome
- Bacterial diversity changes and strain-level variations in the fecal microbiome
- Bacterial gene expression profile changes in the fecal microbiome
- Urolithin levels in urine