the Effect of a Red Rice Nutrition Supplement on Cholesterol Levels

September 13, 2012 updated by: Veronique Verhoeven, Universiteit Antwerpen

The Effect of a Commercially Available Red Rice Nutrition Supplement on Serum Lipids

In this study the investigators investigate the effect of a red rice product on plasma lipids in a sample of physicians and/or their family members.

After a baseline measurement of cholesterol, HDL, LDL and TG, participants are randomised to receive a commercially available red rice product or placebo. After a period of 8 weeks, lipid levels are measured again.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

52

Phase

  • Phase 4

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

  • Belgium
      • Wilrijk, Belgium, 2610
        • University of Antwerp

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:

  • total fasting cholesterol > 200mg/dl

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: placebo
placebo capsules
Dietary supplement: red rice supplement
patricipants take a red rice supplement or placebo daily for 8 weeks
Experimental: red rice
commercially available red rice nutritionial supplement
Dietary supplement: red rice supplement
patricipants take a red rice supplement or placebo daily for 8 weeks

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
fasting cholesterol, LDL, HDL, TG level
Time Frame: 8 weeks
8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Universiteit Antwerpen

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

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

March 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 16, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 16, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

March 20, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 17, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 13, 2012

Last Verified

September 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • RR001

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