UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000043101
Receipt number R000049174
Scientific Title Effect of Daily Ingestion of Apple on Improving Minor Ailments: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study
Date of disclosure of the study information 2021/01/22
Last modified on 2021/10/25 10:29:18

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Basic information

Public title

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Apple on Improving Minor Ailments: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study

Acronym

Beneficial Effect of Daily Ingestion of Apple on Improving Minor Ailments

Scientific Title

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Apple on Improving Minor Ailments: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study

Scientific Title:Acronym

Beneficial Effect of Daily Ingestion of Apple on Improving Minor Ailments

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Healthy adults

Classification by specialty

Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To prove improving minor ailments and safety associated with 2 weeks daily ingestion of apple, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group comparison study.

Basic objectives2

Safety,Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Exploratory

Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

VAS questionnaire on fatigue at 2 weeks after beginning the intake of test food.

Key secondary outcomes

Intestinal flora, heart rate variability, electroencephalogram during sleeping, sleeping record, survey on subjects' sleeping and mental and physical conditions, urinary metabolites, urinary 8OHdG.


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Parallel

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Individual

Blinding

Double blind -all involved are blinded

Control

Placebo

Stratification

YES

Dynamic allocation

NO

Institution consideration


Blocking

YES

Concealment

No need to know


Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Prevention

Type of intervention

Food

Interventions/Control_1

Daily ingestion 100 g of dried apple A for 2 weeks.

Interventions/Control_2

Daily ingestion 100 g of dried apple B for 2 weeks.

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

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

65 years-old >

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

1. Subjects who fully understand significance, content and purpose of this study and who agree to participate in this study with a written informed consent.
2. Subjects with relatively low score for VAS questionnaire on fatigue.

Key exclusion criteria

1. Subjects who are under treatment or medication for schizophrenia, depression, mania, nervous disorder or chronic fatigue syndrome.
2. Subjects with serious cerebrovascular, cardiac, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal or affected with infectious diseases which is required to report to the authorities.
3. Subjects who have a major surgical history such as gastrectomy, gastrorrhaphy, enterectomy or other serious gastrointestinal surgeries.
4. Subjects with unusually high and/or low blood pressure, abnormal physical data and/or abnormal hematological data.
5. Subjects with severe anemia.
6. Pre- or post-menopausal women complaining of obvious physical changes.
7. Subjects who are at risk of having allergic reactions to drugs, foods (especially birch pollen, apples, peaches, pears, cherries, strawberries, plums and apricots).
8. Subjects who eat apples frequently.
9. Subjects who regularly take health foods and/or supplements containing polyphenols.
10. Subjects who regularly take foods fortified with oligosaccharides and/or dietary fiber, yogurt, cultured milk drink, and natto.
11. Subjects who took antibacterial drugs within 12 weeks before the start of ingestion.
12. Heavy smokers, alcohol addicts or subjects with irregular lifestyle.
13. Subjects who donated either 400 ml whole blood within 16 weeks (women), 12 weeks (men), 200 ml whole blood within 4 weeks, or blood components within 2 weeks, prior to the current study.
14. Pregnant or lactating women or women who expect to be pregnant during this study.
15. Subjects who currently participate in other clinical trials, or participated within the last 4 weeks prior to the current study.
16. Subjects determined to be ineligible by the principal investigator.

Target sample size

20


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Jun
Middle name
Last name NISHIHIRA

Organization

Hokkaido Information University

Division name

Department of Medical Management and Informatics

Zip code

069-8585

Address

59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

TEL

011-385-4411

Email

nishihira@do-johodai.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Naoyuki
Middle name
Last name HONMA

Organization

Hokkaido Information University

Division name

Health Information Science Center

Zip code

069-8585

Address

59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan

TEL

011-385-4430

Homepage URL


Email

hisc-acad.res@s.do-johodai.ac.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Hokkaido Information University

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Other

Nationality of Funding Organization

Japan


Other related organizations

Co-sponsor


Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

The ethics committee of Hokkaido Information University

Address

59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8585, Japan

Tel

011-385-4411

Email

soumu@do-johodai.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

北海道情報大学 保健センター(北海道)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2021 Year 01 Month 22 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications


Number of participants that the trial has enrolled


Results


Results date posted


Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics


Participant flow


Adverse events


Outcome measures


Plan to share IPD


IPD sharing Plan description



Progress

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of protocol fixation

2020 Year 11 Month 25 Day

Date of IRB

2020 Year 11 Month 25 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2021 Year 02 Month 12 Day

Last follow-up date

2021 Year 03 Month 19 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2021 Year 01 Month 22 Day

Last modified on

2021 Year 10 Month 25 Day



Link to view the page

Value
https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000049174


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