Effect of Chili Pepper Extract on Weight and Fat Loss and Metabolism Increase

Ajinomoto

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Chronic consumption of matching placebo; Dietary Supplement: Chronic consumption of chili pepper extract

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00825838

CH19-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of a purified extract of CH-19 Sweet, containing capsinoids.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Is overweight or obese but otherwise generally healthy who interested in losing weight
• BMI of 25 to 35 kg/m2
• Waist/hip ratio of 0.9 or more for male and 0.85 for female.

Exclusion criteria

• Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus
• cardiovascular disease (other than mild, controlled hypertension or dislidemia)
• On a weight-loss program within six months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

1

Experimental group

Description:

Oral ingestion of 6mg chili pepper extract

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Chronic consumption of chili pepper extract

2

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Oral ingestion of 0 mg chili pepper extract (matching placebo)

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Chronic consumption of matching placebo