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- Clinical Trial NCT05759936
4-week Seaweed Supplementation on Menopause Symptoms and Psychological Wellbeing
Effects of 4-week Seaweed Supplementation on Menopause Symptoms and Psychological Wellbeing - a Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial
Menopausal symptoms have a substantial effect on quality of life as well as potentially serving as markers for future health. Previous research has suggested that diet can impact menopausal symptoms. Seaweed is marketed as a treatment to alleviate menopause symptoms, but no research has tested whether it is effective in reducing the symptoms and psychological effects associated with menopause.
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of consuming a seaweed supplement over a 4-week time period on menopausal symptoms and psychological well-being.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NE1 8ST
- Online
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-assess as healthy
- Experienced menopausal or peri-menopausal symptoms in the past 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Are currently taking HRT, anti-depressants, or anti-anxiety medication
- Are lactating or pregnant (or seeking to become pregnant)
- Have a thyroid disorder
- Are currently taking iodine supplements
- Have any relevant food intolerances
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Other
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Triple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo capsule consumed for 28 days
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4 week placebo supplement of 1 capsule per day
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Experimental: 500mg seaweed
Seaweed capsule consumed for 28 days
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4 week supplementation of 1 capsule per day of seaweed
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (Hildtich, 1996)
Time Frame: At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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The menopause-specific quality of life questionnaire assesses the effect of menopausal symptoms on quality of life in four domains: vasomotor, psychosocial, physical, and sexual; as well as providing a total score.
The questionnaire has 29 items, each item is a symptom of menopause, the participants rate each symptom between 0 (not at all bothered) to 6 (bothered all the time.)
The physical symptoms include items such as 'hot flushes' and 'sweating'; psychological symptoms include 'accomplishing less than I used to' and 'poor memory'; physical symptoms include 'difficulty sleeping' and 'weight gain'; sexual symptoms include 'vaginal dryness' and 'avoiding intimacy'.
A conversion score is created for each of the 4 domains: vasomotor; psychosocial; physical; sexual; as well as a total score.
Each score ranges from 1 -8, with higher scores indicating greater problems.
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At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (Radlof, 1997)
Time Frame: At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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This is an established questionnaire used to measure symptoms associated with depression.
The questionnaire has 20 items, including 'my sleep is restless', 'I felt depressed' and 'I felt lonely'.
The participants rate the symptom on a scale between <1 day and 5 to 7 days, the 4 scale points are: Rarely or none of the time (less than 1 day); Some or a little of the time (1-2 days); Occasionally or a moderate amount of time (3-4 days); Most or all of the time (5-7 days).
The possible range of scores is between 0 to 60, higher scores indicate more presence of symptomatology.
The scoring of positive items is reversed.
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At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, 1983)
Time Frame: At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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The state-trait anxiety inventory will be used to measure anxiety levels, specifically trait anxiety.
It consists of 20 items and the scale ranges from 1 to 4: 1 = almost never, 2 = sometimes, 3 = often and 4 = almost always.
The nine positive items will be reversed for scoring, items 21, 23, 26, 27, 30, 33, 34, 36 and 39.
The possible range of scores is 20 to 80, higher scores indicate higher levels of trait anxiety within the participant.
Examples of items within the questionnaire include: 'I feel like a failure' and 'I feel secure'.
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At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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The Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen et al., 1983)
Time Frame: At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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This established questionnaire will be used to measure the perception of stress.
Each of the ten items are rated on a scale between 0 (never) to 4 (very often.)
The five scale points are 0 = never, 1 = almost never, 2 = sometimes, 3 = fairly often, 4 = very often.
The four positive items will be reversed for scoring, items 4, 5, 7 and 8.
The questionnaire item examples include 'In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?' and 'In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?'.
The possible range of scores is between 0 to 40, higher scores indicate high participant perceived stress.
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At 28 days post-dose, adjusted for baseline
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Crystal Haskell-Ramsay, Northumbria University
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- Project ID 2434
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
IPD Sharing Time Frame
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- STUDY_PROTOCOL
- SAP
- ICF
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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