Effects of Soy Isoflavone on Bone Health Among Saudi Female Students Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Bone Density Increased; Bone Density, Low; Soy Isoflavone Effect

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Soy Isoflavone supplement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04547010

IRB-UGS-2018-03-273

Details and patient eligibility

About

Low bone mineral density (BMD) has recently increased among young women. Soy Isoflavone as a food supplement, has been found to have potent effect on bone health in postmenopausal women. However, the effect of soy isoflavone on pre-menopausal is not well understood. This research is done to examine the effect of soy isoflavones on BMD among young university female students.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female
• University students
• aged between 18-25 years

Exclusion criteria

• Study participants who use medications and suffer from diseases that may interfere or effect on BMD, use calcium and vitamin D supplements and who suffer from glucose 6 phosphate deficiency (G6PD) were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

In four weeks of intervention study the participants instructed to receive (60 mg) of soy-isoflavone supplement per day, after this period the Bone Mineral Density was assessed by Dual X-ray Absorptiometry scan to evaluate the effect of soy-isoflavone supplement on Bone mineral density.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Soy Isoflavone supplement