Assessement of the Soothing Effect of a Food Supplement on Sensitive and Reactive Skin

Seppic

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Treatments

Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Dietary Supplement: Coriander Seed Oil

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT06037291

IT0002762/21

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is aimed to assess the soothing effect of a food supplement composed of Coriander Seed Oil (CSO) in terms of reducing skin redness and skin discomfort (stinging feeling) on sensitive and reactive skin.

Full description

A double blind, parallel groups, placebo-controlled study is carried out on 80 female subjects aged between 18 and 65 years old with sensitive and reactive skin.

The study foresees 56 days of products intake. Evaluations of the parameters under study are performed at baseline, after 14, 28 and 56 days of products consumption.

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria :

Good general health
Caucasian ethnicity
Female sex
Phototype I to IV
Sensitive and reactive skin (showing positive answer from 3-moderate to 4-strong to stinging test performed with a 10% lactic acid solution)
Age between 18 and 65 years old (subject with 18 and 65 years old can be included)
Subjects who have not been recently involved in any other similar study (evaluation is performed case by case by the experimenter but at least 1 month must be elapsed between a previous study on food supplement)
Willingness to use during all the study period only the products to be tested
Willingness not to use similar products that could interfere with the product to be tested
Willingness to not vary the normal daily routine (i.e. lifestyle, physical activity, diet etc.)
Subjects under effective contraception (oral/not oral) if women of childbearing potential; not expected to be changed during the trial
Subject aware of the study procedures and having signed an informed consent form
Subjects who accept not to expose in intensive way to UV rays during the whole study duration
Subjects who have not involved in any sun test (for SPF evaluation) or tests that provide skin irradiation since less than two months

Exclusion Criteria:

Subject does not meet the inclusion criteria,
Pregnant/breastfeeding female or who have planned a pregnancy during the study period
Subjects under systemically pharmacological treatment
Subjects under locally pharmacological treatment on the skin area monitored during the test
Subjects with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency
Subjects under treatment with food supplements which could interfere with the functionality of the product under study
Subjects which show skin alterations on the monitored area which could interfere with the functionality of the product under study
Subjects considered as not adequate to participate to the study by the investigator
Subjects with known or suspected sensitization to one or more test formulation ingredients
Adult protected by law (under control or hospitalized in public or private institutions for reasons other than research, or incarcerated)
Subjects not able to communicate or cooperate with the investigator for problems related to language, mental retardation or impaired brain function