48
Participants
Start Date
March 1, 2021
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2022
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2022
Lactulose breath test
Participants will complete a 3 hour breath test pre and post iron supplementation. This will include taking 4 exploratory samples for volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis.
Stool sample
Participants will provide a stool sample pre and post iron supplementation
Daily Diary
Monitoring stool form, consistency and frequency on a daily basis
Irritable Bowel syndrome severity scoring system (IBS-SSS) questionnaire
Participants will complete the questionnaire pre and post iron supplementation
Ferrous Sulphate
Participants will take Ferrous sulphate 200mg (65mg elemental iron) for 4 weeks (+/- 2 days). Participants will be required to take 2 tablets per day.
The Functional Gut Clinic, Cambridge
The Functional Gut Clinic, Manchester
Anglia Ruskin University
OTHER
Dr Anthony Hobson
OTHER