Probiotic (VSL 3) for Gulf War Illness

Abstract

The overall objective of the study is to determine whether probiotic VSL#3 will improve 1) intestinal symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and 2) non-intestinal symptoms (fatigue, joint pain, insomnia, general stiffness and headache) associated with IBS. All of these symptoms are part of the Gulf War illness. We screened our first participant in September 2013. Overall we have screened 65 and 30 randomized and 9 Gulf War Veterans are waiting for arrival of study drug. Our efforts are ongoing to recruit more Gulf War veterans. The first batch of stool samples have been sent to Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory microbiota analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1004085

Entities

People

  • Ashok K Tuteja

Organizations

  • Western Institute For Biomedical Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Colonic Diseases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digestive System Diseases
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Electronic Mail
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases
  • Gut Microbiome
  • Information Operations
  • Insomnia
  • Memory Devices
  • Microbiomes
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Pain
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Stiffness

Readers

  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.