Current Research Projects
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GastroANP is sponsoring a prospective trial of whole-practice naturopathic medicine for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Our goal is to quantify how much naturopathic doctors are able to help patients with IBS in a 3-6 month time period, as measured by validated scales.
Our trial was approved by NUNM’s Institutional Review Board in August 2024 and is pre-registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06721624. Our clinical investigators started recruiting patients with IBS in October 2024. This clinical investigation is overseen by the research team at NUNM’s Helfgott Research Institute.
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GastroANP is sponsoring a prospective trial of whole-practice naturopathic medicine for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Our goal is to quantify how much naturopathic doctors are able to help patients with UC in a 3-6 month time period, as measured by validated scales.
Our trial was approved by NUNM’s Institutional Review Board in February 2026 and is pre-registered at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07521904. This clinical investigation is overseen by the research team at NUNM’s Helfgott Research Institute.
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GastroANP is sponsoring a study investigating the precision, accuracy, and comparability of commonly used microbiome test kits in naturopathic practice. We will assess multiple methodologies including qPCR, 16S rRNA sequencing, shotgun metagenomic sequencing, metatranscriptomic sequencing, and urinary microbial organic acids.
Our study was approved by NUNM’s Institutional Review Board in June 2026 and is pre-registered at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5EDB.
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