Rapid Effects of a Biofield Patch on Antioxidant Status and Cellular Energy
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 12
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Antioxidant protection
研究概览
简要总结
The goal for this clinical proof-of-concept study is to compare an active biofield skin patch to a placebo patch on antioxidant function and mitochondrial function. A double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over study design will be used.
详细描述
The goal for this clinical proof-of-concept study is to document acute effects of a photobiomodulating non-transdermal patch compared to a placebo patch, in an acute randomized double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over design. An add-on open-label module involves wearing the active patch daily for a week before the final clinic visit.
Data on endogenous antioxidant protection will be collected. The testing will show whether wearing the patch leads to a change in antioxidant activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione. Data on cellular energy production and mitochondrial resilience in white blood cells under oxidative and inflammatory stress ex vivo will be collected. This testing will show whether using the active patch leads to changes in mitochondrial biogenesis and mitochondrial energy production under normal versus ex vivo-stressed conditions. Data on serum cytokine levels in both serum and serum-derived extracellular vesicles will be collected. The testing will show whether wearing the patch contributes to rapid change in pro- and anti-inflammatory markers and restorative growth factors.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy adults;
- •Age 18 - 75 years (inclusive);
- •BMI between 18.0 and 34.9 (inclusive);
- •Veins easy to see in one or both arms (to allow for the multiple blood draws);
- •Willing to comply with study procedures, including:
- •Maintaining a consistent diet and lifestyle routine throughout the study,
- •Consistent habit of bland breakfasts on days of clinic visits,
- •Abstaining from exercising and nutritional supplements on the morning of a study visit,
- •Abstaining from use of coffee, tea, and soft drinks for at least one hour prior to a clinic visit;
- •Abstaining from music, candy, gum, computer/cell phone use (airplane mode is allowed), during clinic visits.
排除标准
- •Cancer during past 12 months;
- •Chemotherapy during past 12 months;
- •Currently taking prescription weight loss drugs (such as semaglutide);
- •Currently taking cholesterol-lowering medication (for example: statins);
- •Currently experiencing intense stressful events/life changes;
- •Currently in intensive athletic training (such as marathon runners);
- •Currently taking anxiolytic, hypnotic, or anti-depressant prescription medication;
- •Immunization during past 6 months;
- •An unusual sleep routine (examples: working graveyard shift, irregular routine with frequent late nights, studying, partying);
- •Unwilling to maintain a constant intake of supplements over the duration of the study;
- •Anxiety about having blood drawn;
- •Pregnant, nursing, or trying to become pregnant;
- •Known allergies related to adhesive materials.
结局指标
主要结局
Antioxidant protection
时间窗: Baseline, 1 hour, and 2 hours after applying a patch.
Data will be collected on intracellular levels of reduced glutathione and serum superoxide dismutase activity.
次要结局
- Mitochondrial membrane potential per cell(Baseline, 1 hour, and 2 hours after applying a patch)
- Mitochondrial volume per cell(Baseline, 1 hour, and 2 hours after applying a patch.)