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Effects of a New Botanical Extracts Combination on Quality of Life in Menopausal Spanish Women

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Menopause
Quality of Life
Dietary Supplements
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: Botanical dry extracts combination
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT04381026
Lead Sponsor
Nektium Pharma SL
Brief Summary

This study was designed to evaluate the beneficial effects and safety of a standardised botanical extract combination containing soy isoflavone extract, grains of paradise seed dry extract and pomegranate skin dry extract on health-related Quality of Life in healthy Spanish menopausal women with hot flashes, anxiety, and depressive symptoms using the self reported and validated Cervantes Scale.

Detailed Description

Fifty-seven outpatient women (45-65 years) with menstrual problems associated with climacteric syndrome were enrolled from April 2018 to April 2019 in the context of a prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Women were randomized to receive treatment with either the botanical combination (250 mg daily divided into two doses) or placebo for eight weeks. At the beginning and end of the study, health-related Quality of Life was assessed using the Cervantes Scale.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
57
Inclusion Criteria
  • Women in the Climacteric Phase under medical criteria based on Health questionnaire, Blood and urine test.
  • Informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Hormone-related pathologies.
  • Menopause from surgery origin.
  • Family or personal history of endocrine cancer.
  • Known hypersensitivity to gluten, soybeans, soy protein, dairy products, pomegranate or grains of paradise.
  • Vegetarian diet or daily consumption of soya rich-products during the last year.
  • Anovulatory treatment.
  • Hormone replacement treatment.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Treatment Group with botanical extractsBotanical dry extracts combinationPill of 500 mg containing botanicals and filler agent, two pills daily for eight weeks.
Placebo GroupPlaceboPill of 500 mg containing filler agent, two pills daily for eight weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline to Week 8 in the global score of quality of life using the validated Cervantes Scale8 weeks

To evaluate the improvement of quality of life after trial, a variable to quantify the percentage of reduction between after-treatment and before-treatment for global score (GS) in quality of life is generated: \[Variation%=100 x ((initial GS value-final GS value)/ initial GS value)\]

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline to Week 8 in the Menopause-health score of quality of life using the validated Cervantes Scale8 weeks

To evaluate the improvement of quality of life after trial, a variable to quantify the percentage of reduction between after-treatment and before-treatment for Menopause and health score (MHS) in quality of life is generated: \[Variation%=100 x ((initial MHS value-final MHS value)/ initial MHS value)\]

Change from Baseline to Week 8 in the psychic score of quality of life using the validated Cervantes Scale8 weeks

To evaluate the improvement of quality of life after trial, a variable to quantify the percentage of reduction between after-treatment and before-treatment for psychic score (PS) in quality of life is generated: \[Variation%=100 x ((initial PS value-final PS value)/ initial PS value)\]

Change from Baseline to Week 8 in the sexuality-couple score of quality of life using the validated Cervantes Scale.8 weeks

To evaluate the improvement of quality of life after trial, a variable to quantify the percentage of reduction between after-treatment and before-treatment for sexuality-couple score (SCS) in quality of life is generated: \[Variation%=100 x ((initial SCS value-final SCS value)/ initial SCS value)\]

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Clinica Barem

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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Spain

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