AIM

The Australian IBD Microbiome Study seeks to identify people at risk of IBD prior to symptoms through microbiome analysis. [This study has CLOSED].

Gut health

This study is now closed. Please refer to our Research Studies page to view our ongoing studies.

Study description/purpose

The Australian IBD Microbiome Study seeks to identify people at risk of IBD prior to symptoms through microbiome analysis, preventing symptom progression, and being able to define how patients are likely to respond to treatment.

Researchers within the Sydney+ IBD Research Consortia and the Microbiome Research Centre, UNSW are inviting people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), their family members and the general population to learn about the changes in the human microbiome.

The Microbiome is the population of microbes occupying various sites within our bodies, and it is already known to play a major roles in diseases such as IBD. If we can understand how the microbiome changes through the course of IBD development and treatment, then we have the potential to positively change health outcomes for future generations.

Disease or condition

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Recruitment criteria

Inclusion:

Aged 18-80 years
Have IBD, have a family member with IBD or do not have IBD
Willing to follow study protocol requirements; for example completing lifestyle and dietary assessments and providing stool samples and blood tests.

Exclusion:

Have taken antibiotics in the past 3 months
Currently pregnant
Require interpreter for usual care or to understand study information

Benefits

nil

Study sponsor / funder

Research team contacts

aim_study@unsw.edu.au

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The Join Us Register Acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of Country and acknowledge the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of this land. We pay our respect to First Nations peoples and Elders, past and present.

We acknowledge and celebrate the knowledge and the strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities and recognise their continuing connection to land and waters.

We thank the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and the many individuals, organisations that have supported and guided us through our journey.

There is a huge opportunity to partner more with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to build on existing community strengths and resilience, often in the face of ongoing inequities. Through Join Us, we will work together in the spirit of reciprocity to address ongoing impacts of colonisation so that we can all realise optimal health and wellbeing.

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info@joinus.org.au

The Join Us Register is currently funded by the Australian Stroke and Heart Research Accelerator (ASHRA).

For more information about ASHRA, click here.

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