UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000026477
Receipt number R000030338
Scientific Title Evaluation test on intestinal environment improvement effect by ingesting chocolate
Date of disclosure of the study information 2017/03/10
Last modified on 2017/07/07 17:07:02

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Basic information

Public title

Evaluation test on intestinal environment improvement effect by ingesting chocolate

Acronym

Evaluation test on intestinal environment improvement effect by ingesting chocolate

Scientific Title

Evaluation test on intestinal environment improvement effect by ingesting chocolate

Scientific Title:Acronym

Evaluation test on intestinal environment improvement effect by ingesting chocolate

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Healthy person

Classification by specialty

Gastroenterology Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

Chocolate effect We aim to clarify the effect of bowel movement improvement and its mechanism of CACAO 72%. For women who are aware of constipation, we will make comparison between groups by taking test food (chocolate effect CACAO 72%) or control food (white chocolate) for about 2 g a day for 2 weeks.

Basic objectives2

Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1


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Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

1)Bowel movement (stool frequency, stool volume)

Key secondary outcomes

1) Bowel movements (defecation days, feces)
2) Blood short chain fatty acid concentration (HPLC method)
3) Fecal acid short-chain fatty acid concentration (HPLC method)
4) Faecal bacteria and fecundity in faecal bacteria (qPCR method)
5) Relief of constipation (CAS method; Japanese constipation rating scale)


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Parallel

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Individual

Blinding

Single blind -investigator(s) and assessor(s) are blinded

Control

Placebo

Stratification


Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment



Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Treatment

Type of intervention

Food

Interventions/Control_1

Test food intake group (5 sheets a day (about 25 g) 2 weeks)

Interventions/Control_2

Control food intake group (6 sheets a day (about 25 g) 2 weeks)

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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

50 years-old >

Gender

Female

Key inclusion criteria

1)Those who received a sufficient explanation of the purpose and contents of this exam, who have the capacity to consent, voluntarily volunteer with sufficient understanding, and agree to participate in the document
2)A healthy woman aged 20 years or under and under 50 years old who satisfies the following conditions at screening
(1) Persons whose stool frequency is 4 or less on average per week

Key exclusion criteria

Not applicable to any one of the following exclusion criteria.
1) Currently, those who have some type of chronic illness and are undergoing drug treatment
2) Persons who are allergic to chocolate, milk, soybeans
3) Headache induced by ingestion of chocolate
4) Persons with lactose intolerance
5) Those who take cocoa products four times a week or more during the three months before screening
6) Those who take natto at least four times a week for three months before screening
7) Those who ingest lactic acid bacteria-containing foods such as yoghurt, lactic acid bacteria beverages and the like more than four times per week for three months before the screening
8) Persons taking or ingesting medicines such as intestinal medicines, which may affect this test result, quasi-drugs, supplements, health foods, foods for specified health use (Tokuho), functional display foods on a daily basis, Or who intends to take or ingest during the test
9) Those who participated in other clinical trials and monitoring examinations during the month before screening, or who plan to participate in other clinical trials after this clinical trial consent
10) Persons who are pregnant, plan for pregnancy during the study period, those who have hope
11) Who is breastfeeding
12) Alcohol-heavy drinkers (drinkers with a daily average over 60 g in terms of pure alcohol)
13) Others who judged that the investigator is inappropriate as the subject

Target sample size

60


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name
Middle name
Last name Maiko Tajima

Organization

Beauty & Health Research_Inc

Division name

Medical Research Department

Zip code


Address

Sankyo Nisisinnjuku Buiding 4F 4-2-18 Nisisinnjuku Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 160-0023 Japan

TEL

03-5354-7388

Email

info@b-hr.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name
Middle name
Last name Ai Marume

Organization

Beauty & Health Research_Inc

Division name

Medical Research Department

Zip code


Address

Sankyo Nisisinnjuku Buiding 4F 4-2-18 Nisisinnjuku Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 160-0023 Japan

TEL

03-5354-7388

Homepage URL

http://www.b-hr.jp/

Email

marume@b-hr.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Beauty & Health Research Inc

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Meiji Co., Ltd.

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Profit organization

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Other related organizations

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IRB Contact (For public release)

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Address


Tel


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Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions

株式会社ビューティアンドヘルスリサーチ(東京都)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2017 Year 03 Month 10 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

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Results


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Progress

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of protocol fixation

2017 Year 01 Month 25 Day

Date of IRB


Anticipated trial start date

2017 Year 03 Month 07 Day

Last follow-up date


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Date analysis concluded



Other

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Management information

Registered date

2017 Year 03 Month 09 Day

Last modified on

2017 Year 07 Month 07 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000030338


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