A Randomized Control Trial of Hinex Jelly on the Changes in Muscle Quality and Quantity

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Muscle Weakness; Elderly; Nutrition, Healthy

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Hinex Jelly

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05917353

KMUHIRB-F(I)-20220124

Details and patient eligibility

About

Taiwan is about to enter a super-aged society in 2025. The health problems of the elderly are getting more and more attention. Among these geriatric issues, sarcopenia is an important issue. Sarcopenia is the culprit of disability in old age. It is characterized by persistent and general loss of skeletal muscle mass and function throughout the body, which may lead to disability, decreased quality of life, and even inability to take care of yourself and an increased risk of death. Human skeletal muscle decreases with age. After the age of 40, muscle mass will be lost at a rate of 8% per decade; after the age of 70, it will be lost at a faster rate of 15% per decade in average. Although all elderly will lose muscle mass due to aging, the degree and speed of loss vary from person to person. In addition to aging, it may also be caused by chronic diseases.

Exercise intervention and nutritional intervention are the first choices for sarcopenia intervention. Regarding nutritional requirements, the elderly need at least 15 grams of essential amino acids per day for muscle building. Among them, leucine is the most important, which can increase protein production and reduce decomposition. Foods rich in leucine include soybeans, fish or beef. However, elderly people may not be able to get enough protein from their daily diet smoothly, often because of dysphagia, such as dental problems or chewing and swallowing problems. Therefore, oral nutritional supplements are relatively important for the improvement of muscle mass. Nutritional Supplement Hinex Jelly has 303 calories per serving, contains up to 15g of high-quality protein and a high amount of branched-chain amino acids, which is beneficial for muscle synthesis and tissue repair, plus a variety of minerals, vitamins, water-soluble dietary fiber, hydrolyzed collagen and other ingredients can strengthen nutritional supplements, maintain good health.

In summary, this study intends to explore the effect of Hinex Jelly nutritional supplemental intervention on muscle mass quality and quantity changes by means of randomized intervention and controlled trials.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults over the age of 50 (include 50 years old).
• Can cooperate with the study.
• No surgical intervention within 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who have obvious difficulty in movement (such as amputation) and cannot cooperate with the study.
• Those who are equipped with pacemakers or internal electronic medical devices.
• Pregnant women.
• Use of drugs or interventional therapy that may affect changes in body weight or muscle mass (such as other oral nutritional supplements, medicine, weight reduction medicine, bariatric gastric endoscopy therapy, bariatric surgery, acupuncture, acupuncture, electrical stimulation, etc.).
• Allergic to dairy or soy products.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Hinex Jelly Nutritional Supplement Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Week 0th, Week 4th (14 days before and after), Week 8th (14 days before and after), Week 12th (14 days before and after), diet and exercise health education was given, with daily intervention of Hinex Jelly nutritional supplements 1 serving per day during 0th to 8th Week;

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Hinex Jelly

Routine care group

No Intervention group

Description:

Week 0th, Week 4th (14 days before and after), Week 8th (14 days before and after), Week 12th (14 days before and after), the subjects were given regular dietary and exercise health education.