Effects of the Supplementation of Essence of Chicken on Physical Fatigue and Brain Functions Such as Working Memory and Attention Among Healthy Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 364
- 主要终点
- Fatigue-vitality
研究概览
简要总结
In Southeast Asia, Essence of Chicken, a chicken-meat-extract, is a popular beverage and is consumed as a traditional remedy for several ailments, including the use as a nutritional supplement for sickness, enhancement of mental efficiency, and recovery from mental fatigue. While the elderly use it as a nutritional supplement, students use it for relief from anxiety during exam times.
The present study is conducted in order to assess the effects of BEC on various physical and mental parameters including physical fatigue, working memory and attention, mood and stress, in comparison to placebo.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Normal BMI
- •Not continuously taken Essence of Chicken for the last 3 months
- •Physical and psychological fatigue inclusion criteria/test/cutoff using CFQ (where individuals' CFQ scores 4 or above)
排除标准
- •Suffering from chronic or malignant diseases e.g. cancer, heart, liver, renal or other metabolic diseases.
- •Any psychiatric or neurological disease
- •Pregnant and lactating women
- •Subjects participated in any investigational drug trial within 4 weeks before screening
- •Consumption of food supplement in the previous 2 weeks
- •Professional athletes
- •Subjects with recent lifestyle changes in the past 4 weeks
- •History of allergy to chicken meat and seafood
研究组 & 干预措施
1 bottle
干预措施: Essence of Chicken (Dietary Supplement)
2 bottles
干预措施: Essence of Chicken (Dietary Supplement)
Placebo
干预措施: Placebo (Energy matched) (Dietary Supplement)
结局指标
主要结局
Fatigue-vitality
时间窗: 4 weeks
Psychometric tests SF-36 (score 100%)
Attention
时间窗: 4 weeks
Stroop (mean latency and proportion correct)
Physical fatigue
时间窗: 4 weeks
Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (score 0-33)
Sustained attention
时间窗: 4 weeks
Sustained Attention to Response Task (mean latency and % of correct trials)
Working memory
时间窗: 4 weeks
Digit Span test (Maximal FORWARD digit span and Maximal BACKWARD digit span, etc)
次要结局
- Mood(4 weeks)
- Adverse effects(4 weeks)
- Stress(4 weeks)