A Study To Investigate The Effect Of A Natural Dietary Supplement On Peri-Menopausal Symptoms

August 2, 2016 updated by: Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals

A Randomized Double Blind Placebo-Controlled Study To Investigate The Effect Of A Natural Dietary Supplement On Peri-Menopausal Symptoms

This is a randomized, masked, placebo controlled study to assess the effect on a nutritional dietary supplement on menopausal signs and symptoms in perimenopausal women.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

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

  • United States
    • Colorado
      • Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80910
        • Comprehensive Women's Care
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19148
        • Dittrich Clinic

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

45 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age group between 45 and 65 at the time of informed consent.
  • Physician diagnosis of menopause.
  • History of substantial hot flashes > 4 episodes /day for last 2 weeks.
  • Being post-menopausal with an intact uterus.
  • Subject has provided signed and dated written informed consent before admission to the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Concurrent hot flash therapies (prescription medications including hormone replacement therapies, gabapentin or over the counter supplements), vaginal hormonal products (rings, creams, gels) or transdermal estrogen or estrogen/progestin products for 30 days before screening visit.
  • Women currently or previously on anticoagulants, Vitamin K antagonists like warfarin in the past 3 months, or expected to be on anticoagulants in the near future.
  • Women involved in other clinical studies within the last 30 days.
  • Any women who, in the opinion of the principal investigator, is at poor medical or psychiatric risk for 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: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Treatment
all natural dietary supplement
Dietary supplement: proprietary formula
Other: Treatment + Omega-3s
all natural dietary supplement + omega-3s
Dietary supplement: proprietary formula
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
vegetable oil
Dietary supplement: proprietary formula

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Hot flashes episodes
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Diary
12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Quality of Life
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Questionnaire
12 weeks
Work productivity
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Questionnaire
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Physician Recommended Nutriceuticals

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, 2015

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 6, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 10, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

July 14, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 4, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 2, 2016

Last Verified

August 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PRN 20144

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Subscribe