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Efficacy and Safety of Soybean Germ Extract on Decrease of Body Fat

Not Applicable
Conditions
Obesity
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Dietary Supplement: Soybean Germ Extract
Registration Number
NCT03826212
Lead Sponsor
Chonbuk National University Hospital
Brief Summary

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of daily supplementation of Soybean germ extract on decrease of body fat

Detailed Description

This study was a 12 weeks, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial. 80 subjects were randomly divided into Soybean germ extract 1,600 mg or placebo group. The investigators measured Body Fat Mass, Percent Body Fat, Fat Free Mass, weight, and body mass index, etc.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • age between 19 and 65 years
  • BMI 25~29.9 kg/m^2
  • After fully hearing and fully understanding this clinical trials, those who agree to voluntarily decide to participate and to comply with the notice
Exclusion Criteria
  • Those who lost more than 10% of their weight within 3 months before the screening

  • Those who take a product(body fat improvement health functional foods, birth control pills, steroids, female hormone) that affects your weight within 4 weeks prior to the screening

  • Those with clinically significant severe cardiovascular, endocrine, immune, respiratory, liver, biliary, renal and urinary tract, neuropsychiatry, musculoskeletal, inflammatory and hematologic and gastrointestinal disorders

  • Diabetic patients taking oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin (based on screening subjects)

  • A person with a history of clinically significant hypersensitivity to soybeans

  • Those who have received antipsychotic medication within 2 months before screening

  • Anyone with substance abuse or suspicion

  • Those who participated in other clinical trials within 3 months before screening

  • Systolic Blood Pressure(SBP) 180 mmHg, Diastolic Blood Pressure(DBP) 110 mmHg or more

  • Menopausal woman

  • Laboratory test by show the following results

    • Aspartate Transaminase(AST), Alanine Transaminase(ALT) > Reference range 3 times upper limit
    • Serum Creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding

  • Those who doesn't accept the implementation of appropriate contraception of a childbearing woman

  • Principal Investigator judged inappropriate for participation in study because of Laboratory test result, etc.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboPlacebo 1,600 mg/day for 12 weeks.
Soybean Germ ExtractSoybean Germ ExtractSoybean Germ Extract 1,600 mg/day for 12 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes of body fat massBaseline and 12 week

Body fat mass was measured in study baseline and 12 week

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes of Anthropometric indicate: body weightScreening, baseline and 12 week

Anthropometric indices were measured in study screening, baseline and 12 week. Body weight in kg.

Changes of energy expenditure Indicators: Uncoupling protein-1(UCP-1), Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 α(PGC-1 α)Baseline and 12 week

energy expenditure Indicators were measured in study baseline and 12 week

Changes of Anthropometric indices: waist circumference, hip circumferenceScreening, baseline and 12 week

Anthropometric indices were measured in study screening, baseline and 12 week. Waist circumference, hip circumference in cm.

Changes of lipid metabolism indicators: Total cholesterol, Triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterolBaseline and 12 week

Lipid metabolism indicators(mg/dL) were measured in study baseline and 12 week.

Changes of percent body fatBaseline and 12 week

Measurement is made using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA / Hologic Discovery, USA). Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, trunk, total will be report percent body fat in %.

Changes of fat free massBaseline and 12 week

Measurement is made using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA / Hologic Discovery, USA). Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, trunk, total will be report fat free mass in g.

Changes of Anthropometric indicate: body mass indexScreening, baseline and 12 week

Anthropometric indices were measured in study screening, baseline and 12 week. Weight/height\^2 will be report body mass index in kg/m\^2.

Changes of Anthropometric indicate: waist -hip circumference ratioScreening, baseline and 12 week

Anthropometric indices were measured in study screening, baseline and 12 week. Waist circumference/hip circumference will be report waist -hip circumference ratio.

Changes of obesity-related hormones indicators: Adiponectin, LeptinBaseline and 12 week

obesity-related hormones indicators were measured in study baseline and 12 week

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods Chonbuk National University Hospital

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Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, Korea, Republic of

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