Herbal Teas on Bone Health in an Osteopenic Population (OsTea)

December 22, 2021 updated by: Paula Witt-Enderby

Assessing the Efficacy of Herbal Teas on Bone Health in an Osteopenic Population: OsTea

The project goal is to identify if herbal teas consumed three times per day over a period of three months can improve these markers of bone health as well as improve quality of life (QOL) compared to women taking placebo by increasing osteoblast activity, decreasing osteoclast activity, increasing nocturnal melatonin levels and by decreasing C-reactive protein (CRP) and cortisol levels. Our central hypothesis is that these herbal teas will improve both objective and subjective measures of bone health in a population with osteopenia not taking this regimen by reducing osteoclast activity and increasing osteoblast activity and by reducing stress and anxiety.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

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35

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15282
        • Duquesne University

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • male or female with osteopenia (T-score between -1.0 and -2.5)
  • at least 18 years of age
  • must be willing to drink tea three times a day for 3 months
  • must also be willing to come to the study location on 4 occasions (baseline, end of month 1, end of month 2, and end of month 3),
  • must also be willing to come to the study location to provide urinary, salivary and fecal samples on 2 occasions (baseline and at the end of month 3),
  • must also be willing to come to the study location to have their blood pressure taken on 4 occasions (baseline, end of month 1, end of month 2, and end of month 3)
  • must be willing to come to the study location to complete questionnaires on 2 occasions (baseline and at the end of month 3)
  • must be willing to maintain daily diary for 4 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women or men with osteoporosis
  • Women or men with osteopenia due to hyperparathyroidism, multiple myeloma, metastatic bone disease, chronic steroid use
  • Women or men who are on any bone therapies (i.e. bisphosphonates, selective estrogen receptor modulators, hormone therapy, teriparatide, and denosumab)
  • Women or men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Women or men who smoke

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Placebo Comparator: Herbal Tea 1
Placebo Tea should will be ingested 3 times per day for 3 months
Other: Herbal Teas
Steeped tea ingested 3 times a day for 3 mos
Experimental: Herbal Tea 2
Experimental Herbal Tea A will be ingested 3 times per day for 3 months
Other: Herbal Teas
Steeped tea ingested 3 times a day for 3 mos
Experimental: Herbal Tea 3
Experimental Herbal Tea B will be ingested 3 times per day for 3 months
Other: Herbal Teas
Steeped tea ingested 3 times a day for 3 mos
Experimental: Herbal Tea 4
Experimental Herbal Tea C will be ingested 3 times per day for 3 months
Other: Herbal Teas
Steeped tea ingested 3 times a day for 3 mos

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Effect of 3 month Herbal Tea on Changes in Human Type 1 Collagen C-telopeptide (CTx) levels
Time Frame: 3 months
Urinary CTx levels will be measured at times month 0 (baseline) and month 3
3 months
The Effect of 3 month Herbal Tea on Changes in Human Procollagen Type 1 Intact N-terminal Propeptide (Total P1NP) levels
Time Frame: 3 months
Urinary P1NP levels will be measured at times month 0 (baseline) and month 3
3 months
The Effect of 3 month Herbal Tea on Changes in the Ratio of CTx:P1NP
Time Frame: 3 months
Urinary CTx:P1NP levels will be measured at times month 0 (baseline) and month 3
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Paula Witt-Enderby

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Duquesne University

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Paula A Witt-Enderby, PhD, Duquesne University

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

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June 1, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

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August 27, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

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August 27, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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February 28, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 20, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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March 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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January 11, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 22, 2021

Last Verified

Last Verified

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December 1, 2021

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  • 2018/02/7

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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