A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of the synbiotic medical food, SBD111, for the clinical dietary management of bone loss in menopausal women.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2025
Institution/Department
Center for Molecular Medicine
Journal Title
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
MeSH Headings
Humans, Female, Double-Blind Method, Middle Aged, Bone Density, Synbiotics, Bone Diseases, Metabolic, Lumbar Vertebrae, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Prospective Studies, Body Mass Index, Absorptiometry, Photon, Femur Neck, Probiotics, Aged
Abstract
UNLABELLED: This 12-month study in 286 early postmenopausal women evaluated the efficacy and safety of SBD111, a synbiotic medical food, in reducing bone loss. SBD111 did not significantly reduce bone loss for the full cohort, but did produce evidence of reduced bone loss in women with osteopenia and BMI ≥ 30.
PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of SBD111, a synbiotic medical food comprising probiotics and prebiotics, in reducing bone loss in women post-menopause, including prespecified subpopulations of women with osteopenia or elevated BMI.
METHODS: In this prospective, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical food trial (NCT05009875), 286 healthy, non-osteoporotic women between 1 and 6 years post-menopause were enrolled and consumed SBD111 (4.75 × 10
RESULTS: Two hundred eighty-six women [age 55 ± 3 years (mean ± standard deviation)] were enrolled, with 221 (77%) completing the study. For the primary outcome, SBD111 administration was not associated with significantly less bone loss in the LS after 12 months [0.15% (- 0.52%, 0.82%), mean effect size (95% CI) by linear mixed-effects regression]. However, SBD111 was associated with reduced BMD loss in the TH for women with BMI ≥ 30 [0.97% (0.015%, 1.925%)] and modestly reduced BMD loss in the FN for women with osteopenia [0.89% (- 0.277%, 2.051%)].
CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate SBD111 did not significantly reduce BMD loss for the full cohort. However, the trial produced evidence that SBD111 reduced bone loss in women with osteopenia and BMI ≥ 30.
ISSN
1433-2965
First Page
2019
Last Page
2030
Recommended Citation
Schott, Eric M; Charbonneau, Mark R; Kiel, Douglas P; Bukata, Susan; Zuscik, Michael J; Rosen, Clifford J.; and Ballok, Alicia, "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of the synbiotic medical food, SBD111, for the clinical dietary management of bone loss in menopausal women." (2025). MaineHealth Maine Medical Center. 4425.
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