20
Participants
Start Date
April 2, 2014
Primary Completion Date
February 23, 2018
Study Completion Date
March 30, 2020
Sevelamer
1.6 g sevelamer + 4.4 g maltodextrin three times a day
Synbiotic
5 g of oligofructose + 1 g Bifidobacterium longum R0175 (4 billion colony forming units (CFU)/g) three times a day.
Maltodextrin
This is a control group. Maltodextrin, 6 g three times a day
High Fat diet
The High Fat diet consists of 60% energy from fat (50% saturated), 15% of energy as carbohydrate and 25% from protein consumed while study intervention is being administered.
Low Fat diet
The isocaloric low fat diet will provide 55% energy from carbohydrates, 20% from fat and 25% from protein.
Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital, STVHCS, San Antonio
American Diabetes Association
OTHER
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
OTHER