UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000037338
Receipt number R000042564
Scientific Title Examination of the effect of gum chewing training on a questionnaire survey and saliva profiles
Date of disclosure of the study information 2019/07/31
Last modified on 2019/07/22 12:21:14

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Basic information

Public title

Examination of the effect of gum chewing training on a questionnaire survey and saliva profiles

Acronym

Examination of the effect by gum chewing training

Scientific Title

Examination of the effect of gum chewing training on a questionnaire survey and saliva profiles

Scientific Title:Acronym

Examination of the effect by gum chewing training

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

None

Classification by specialty

Not applicable Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

The effects of masseteric training by chewing gum are examined by stress questionnaire survey, oral health condition, saliva property analysis, skin condition etc.

Basic objectives2

Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1


Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

Questionnaire of subjective evaluation
1) Stress (HAD scale)
2) Stress (short BJSQ)

Key secondary outcomes

Saliva test
1) Secretion volume
2) pH
3) Buffering ability
4) Stress indicator substances (cortisol, alpha-amylase, S-IgA, Substance P)

Bad breath (total amount of sulfide in breath)

Skin examination
1) Number and size of skin texture, wrinkles and pores
2) Moisture content and elasticity of skin


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Parallel

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Individual

Blinding

Open -no one is blinded

Control

No treatment

Stratification


Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment

Central registration


Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Educational,Counseling,Training

Type of intervention

Food Behavior,custom

Interventions/Control_1

Intervention : 4times daily for 6 weeks chewing 2 tablets of xylitol gum (lime mint taste: 1.5 g / piece) 10min

Interventions/Control_2

Control : Do not chew gum

Interventions/Control_3


Interventions/Control_4


Interventions/Control_5


Interventions/Control_6


Interventions/Control_7


Interventions/Control_8


Interventions/Control_9


Interventions/Control_10



Eligibility

Age-lower limit

18 years-old <=

Age-upper limit


Not applicable

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

Among the employees of Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd. those who gave written consent after fully understanding the purpose and content of this study

Key exclusion criteria

1) Under medication
2) Regularly consume medicines, food for specified health use, health food, etc. that may affect the test results
3) Patient or had a history of serious diseases such as heart, liver, kidney, digestive system etc.
4) Pregnant (including those who may be) , who wish pregnant during the study period or who are lactating
5) Heavy drinkers
6) Have irregular diets, irregular shift rhythms, shift workers, late-night workers, etc.
7) Allergic to medicines and food
8) Skin allergy such as atopy
9) Smoke more than 21 per day on average
10) Participating in clinical trials of other medicines or health food, within 4 weeks after the trial, or who are planning to participate in other clinical trials after consenting to participate in this trial
11) Have performed special facial care (facial face, esthetic, peeling, laser treatment, etc.)
12) Trial investigator judged as inappropriate to participate in this study

Target sample size

450


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Ichiro
Middle name
Last name Saito

Organization

Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine

Division name

Department of Pathology

Zip code

230-8501

Address

2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

TEL

045-580-8360

Email

saito-i@tsurumi-u.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Mie
Middle name
Last name Kaneko

Organization

Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine

Division name

Department of Pathology

Zip code

230-8501

Address

2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

TEL

045-580-8362

Homepage URL


Email

kaneko-m@tsurumi-u.ac.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Tsurumi University

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

LOTTE Co.,Ltd.

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Profit organization

Nationality of Funding Organization



Other related organizations

Co-sponsor

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

The ethics committees of Tsurumi University

Address

2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Tel

045-581-1001

Email

rinrishinsa@tsurumi-u.ac.jp


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

株式会社三越伊勢丹ホールディングス(東京都) / Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (Tokyo)
鶴見大学(神奈川県)/ Tsurumi University (Kanagawa)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2019 Year 07 Month 31 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol

None

Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications

Submitting

Number of participants that the trial has enrolled

436

Results

After six weeks of masticating gum on a regular basis,
the chewing gum group had significantly lower scores
for "depression" items in the Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale (HADS) compared with the control
group.

Results date posted

2019 Year 07 Month 11 Day

Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics

Analysis: 346

Chewing gum group : 169
Male 78 (46.2%), Female 91 (53.8%)
Mean age 38.4 plus-minus 11.3
Age group
19 or younger : 1 (0.6%)
20-29 : 46 (27.2%)
30-39 : 40 (23.7%)
40-49 : 44 (26.0%)
50-59 : 38 (22.5%)
60 or older : 0 (0.0%)

Control group : 177
Male 80 (45.2%), Female 97 (54.8%)
Mean age 40.1 plus-minus 11.5
Age group
19 or younger : 1 (0.6%)
20-29 : 43 (24.3%)
30-39 : 43 (24.3%)
40-49 : 41 (23.2%)
50-59 : 47 (26.65%)
60 or older : 2 (1.1%)

Participant flow

Enrollment: 436

Allocation (randomized)
Chewing gum group: 221
Control group: 215

Exclusion
Chewing gum group: 52
Control group: 38

Analysis
Chewing gum group: 169
Control group: 177

Adverse events

None

Outcome measures

HADS score (depression)
Chewing gum group: Before intervention 4.46 plus-minus 3.02, After intervention 3.82 plus-minus 3.02
Control group: Before intervention 4.44 plus-minus 3.15, After intervention 4.44 plus-minus 3.35
p value (mixed model ANOVA) 0.014

Plan to share IPD


IPD sharing Plan description



Progress

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of protocol fixation

2015 Year 08 Month 01 Day

Date of IRB

2015 Year 08 Month 15 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2015 Year 09 Month 01 Day

Last follow-up date

2016 Year 02 Month 01 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2019 Year 07 Month 11 Day

Last modified on

2019 Year 07 Month 22 Day



Link to view the page

Value
https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000042564


Research Plan
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Research case data specifications
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Research case data
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