Effects of Mineral Water Consumption on Serum Lipid Parameters

Hiroshima University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Mineral water (Hita, Oita, Japan); Dietary Supplement: Mineral water (Aso-gun, Kumamoto, Japan)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00812617

eki-77

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of a specific mineral water on serum lipid concentrations in healthy subjects.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy as based on medical history and physical examination
• Fasting serum LDL cholesterol > 100 and/or fasting serum triglyceride > 100
• Willing to drink mineral water for 12 weeks
• Willing not to serve as blood donor during the study
• Informed consent signed

Exclusion criteria

• Female subjects who are pregnant or nursing a child
• Participation in any clinical trial up to 90 days before Day 01 of this study
• Renal or hepatic dysfunction
• Heart disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

Mineral water 1

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Mineral water (Hita, Oita, Japan)

Mineral water 2

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Mineral water (Aso-gun, Kumamoto, Japan)