Pharmacokinetic Study of Seresis® in the Skin in Healthy Young Female Volunteers
Phase 1
Completed
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Interventions
- Drug: Seresis®
- Registration Number
- NCT02191852
- Lead Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Brief Summary
Study to evaluate the total antioxidant capacity of Seresis® (with Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assays)) in the skin; as well as in buccal mucosa cells (BMCs) and in plasma, compared to baseline values; furthermore to detect the quantitative enrichment of individual antioxidant compounds contained in the product and to investigate whether or not some of them accumulate in target tissues such as skin, BMCs and plasma
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 8
Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy female volunteers between 18 and 30 years
- With skin type II or skin type III
- BMI < 25
- Non-smokers
- Volunteers who have given their written informed consent according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local regulations
Exclusion Criteria
- Any serious disorder that may interfere with her participation to the trial and evaluation of the safety of the test drug (e.g. liver and/or renal disease, hypervitaminosis A, psychic disorder, etc.), and/or treatment with chronic medication
- Pre-treatment (less than 2 weeks prior to inclusion in this trial) and/or concomitant treatment with any drug that may influence the trial symptomatology and may interfere with evaluation of the safety of the test drug (e.g. vitamins and minerals supplementation)
- Relevant allergy or known hypersensitivity to the investigational drug or its excipients
- High performance sports
- Alcohol and drug abuse according to Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, Version IV (DSM-IV)
- Female volunteers in child-bearing age not using adequate means of birth control (contraceptive pills, Intrauterine devices (IUDs), sterilisation)
- Pregnancy and/or lactation
- Known abnormal values of the lab tests (if detected after enrolment, subjects will continue the treatment provided there are no medical objections)
- Abnormal values of low density lipoproteins (LDL) and triglycerides (TGL) levels in blood
- Participation in another clinical trial within the last 4 weeks and concurrent participation in another clinical trial
- Specific dietary requirements that do not allow the volunteers to meet the dietary guidelines set out for this study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Seresis® Seresis® 2 capsules per day for a period of 16 consecutive weeks
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total antioxidant capacity in skin biopsies Day 0, Day 112
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total antioxidant capacity in skin biopsies Day 0, Day 56 Total antioxidant capacity in buccal mucosa cells (BMCs) Day 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, 84, 112 Total antioxidant capacity in plasma Day 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, 84, 112 Plasma levels of vitamin C and E and carotenoids Day 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, 84, 112 Levels of vitamin E and carotenoids in skin biopsies Day 0, 56, 112 Levels of vitamin E and carotenoids in BMCs Day 0, 14, 28, 42, 56, 84, 112 Number of subjects with adverse events up to 119 days Assessment of tolerability by investigator on a 4-point scale Day 112 Assessment of tolerability by volunteers on a 4-point scale Day 112 Number of patients with abnormal changes in laboratory parameters up to 112 days