Cosmetic Effects of a Food Supplement containing special collagen-peptides
- Conditions
- Healthy Volunteers
- Registration Number
- DRKS00017093
- Lead Sponsor
- QUIRIS Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Written Informed Consent to participate in the study, Willingness to actively participate in the study and to come to the scheduled visits, Caucasian
Documented allergies to the food supplement product or its constituents,
Conditions which exclude a participation or might influence the test reaction /Evaluation;
Pregnancy or lactation;
Drug addicts, alcoholics;
AIDS, HIV-positive or infectious hepatitis if known to the subjects;
Participation or being in the waiting period after participation in similar cosmetic and/or
pharmaceutical studies;
One of the following illnesses that might require regular systemic medication: Cancer;
Diabetes;
Active skin disease at the measurement area,
Moles, tattoos, scars, irritated skin, etc. at the measurement area that could influence the Investigation;
Systemic therapy with immuno-suppressive drugs (e.g. corticosteroids) and/or antihistamines (e.g. antiallergics) and/or antibiotics within the last 7 days prior to the start of the study and/or throughout the entire course of the study;
Systemic therapy with anti-phlogistic agents or analgetics (e.g. diclophenac) (except for minor pain relief medicine, like acetylsalicylic acid or paracetamol) within the last 3 days prior to the start of the study and/or throughout the entire course of the study;
Any topical medication at the measurement area within the last 3 days prior to the start of the study and/or throughout the entire course of the study;
Intensive use of skin care products at the measurement area (more than one skin care product, use more than once per day) within one month prior to the start of the study;
Intake of supplements containing vitamins, trace elements, isoflavones, herbal extracts, oils (fish oil or vegetal oil), polyphenols, phytoestrogens, or other active compounds which may have an effect on skin 3 months prior to the start of the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of the Collagen structure of the facial Skin by confocal microscopy before and after 12 week intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Questionnaires regarding product properties, acceptance and tolerance at the final visit