Dehydration, Rehydration, and Blood Viscosity

Essentia Water

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dehydration

Treatments: Other: Bottled water; Other: Essentia Water

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02118883

ESSHOV102

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the rehydration effect of Essentia Water, an electrolyzed high-pH bottled water, with industry-standard bottled water purified by reverse osmosis with minerals added, on (1) whole blood viscosity, (2) plasma osmolality, (3) bioelectrical impedance analysis, and (4) body mass change, using serial measurements in apparently healthy adults following exercise-induced dehydration in a controlled environment.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 49 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Free from any medication for at least 1 week prior to the study

Exclusion criteria

• Any chronic condition requiring regular treatment or medical follow-up
• Bleeding disorder or susceptible to prolonged or uncontrolled bleeding
• Active infection
• Current smoker
• Subject has a BMI equal or greater than 30
• Use of oral contraceptives in the previous 3 months
• Subject is pregnant or breast-feeding
• Currently menstruating

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Essentia Water

Other group

Description:

Essentia Water, electrolyzed high-pH water

Treatment:

Other: Essentia Water

Bottled Water

Other group

Description:

Purified bottle water

Treatment:

Other: Bottled water