# Gut Feeling: Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying the Antidepressant Properties of Probiotics

> **NCT03893162** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **King's College London** · enrollment: 50 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Major Depressive Disorder

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Multi-strain probiotic
- **OTHER:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03893162
- **Lead sponsor:** King's College London
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-07-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-06-29
- **Final completion:** 2022-06-30
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03893162

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03893162, "Gut Feeling: Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying the Antidepressant Properties of Probiotics". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03893162. Licensed CC0.

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