Effect of the Consumption of a Fermented Dairy Product Enriched With Plant Sterols

October 26, 2016 updated by: Danone Research

Cholesterol Lowering Effects of a Drinkable Low Fat Dairy Product Enriched With Plant Sterols

The purpose of this study is to investigate the cholesterol lowering effect of a drinkable low fat fermented milk enriched with plant sterols after 3 weeks of daily consumption in midly hypercholesterolemic people.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

128

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Munich, Germany, 80636
        • Harrison Clinical Research Clinical Unit

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male/female subject, aged from 18 to 75,with BMI between 18,5 and 30 kg/m², with LDL-cholesterol blood level between 130 mg/dL to 190 mg/dL without statin therapy.
  • Subject accepting to follow the dietary recommendations advisable for hypercholesterolemic subject.
  • Subject used to consume dairy products.
  • For female subjects: effective contraceptive methods used.
  • Subject having given written consent to take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject with blood triglycerides levels above 350 mg/dL.
  • Subject having experienced any cardiovascular event in the last 6 months.
  • Subject having sitosterolemia.
  • Subject taking any hypocholesterolemic treatment drugs.
  • Intake of blood lipid-regulating supplementation of blood lipid-regulating dietary supplements or functional food during the last 2 weeks before study start.
  • Diabetic subject (type I and type II).
  • Subject smoking strictly more than 10 cigarettes / day.
  • Subject with heavy alcohol intake (> 40 g / day for men ; > 30 g / day for women).
  • Subject presenting known allergy or hypersensitivity to milk proteins.Subject with known soy allergy.
  • Subject refusing to stop the consumption of plant sterols-enriched products if any during the study (other than the studied product).
  • Subject receiving systemic treatment or topical treatment likely to interfere with evaluation of the study parameters.
  • Subject receiving a transplant and under immunosuppressor treatment.
  • Subject currently involved in a clinical trial or in an exclusion period following participation in another clinical trial.
  • Subject in a situation which in the investigator's opinion could interfere with optimal participation in the present study or could constitute a special risk for the subject.
  • Subject with any kind of disease likely to interfere with the evaluation of efficiency or safety of the product.
  • For female subject: pregnancy, breast feeding or intention to be pregnant during the study.
  • For female subject: subject likely to change her contraceptive method during the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: 1 = Control product
Other: 1- low-fat dairy fermented product (drinkable) enriched with plant sterols-esters (1,6g /day equivalent as free sterols).
1 = Intervention 1 (1 test product/day)
Experimental: 2 = Tested product
Other: 2- low-fat dairy fermented product (drinkable) enriched with experimental plant sterols-esters (1,6g /day equivalent as free sterols).
2 = Intervention 2 (1 test product/day)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Danone Research

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 26, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

January 30, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 27, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 26, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NU312

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