For doctors

Alba Health has launched its first research study mapping the connection between the gut microbiome and lifestyle, wellbeing and health during the first year of life.

Research aim and hyphothesis

• The main aim of this study is to assess the association between the infant microbiome during the first year of life and health over a 6 months period using extensive metadata collection.

• Our secondary aim is to develop machine-learning models to predict core microbiome markers based on stool characteristics.

• Our third and final aim is to evaluate if a recording of infant crying can be a tool to decrease the burden of first-time parents on understanding their infant's needs.

If our hypothesis is correct, key age points are significant predictors for microbiome development, which correlates to introducing different foods to the infant's diet. The study and definition of what is to be considered a healthy microbiome constitution for these windows of time may allow for dietary interventions, good immune development of the child, and possibly prevention of complications.

Study design

The PREVENT study is an observational study, meaning that we do not ask participants to change their daily routine and they will be able to participate from their own home and no doctor’s visits are needed. All research will be carried out in Sweden.

Legal guidelines

This study has been approved by the Swedish Ethics Review Authority (registration nr. 2023-05299-01)

All data is handled in accordance with GDPR, Swedish law and informed consent.

All participants are asked to provide their informed consent before they begin any study activities.