Efficacy and Safety of Fermented Cinnamon Vine Powder on Decrement of Body Fat

Chonbuk National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Fermented Cinnamon Vine Powder; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01734187

CHEVIGEN-OBESE-DB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators performed a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled human trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Fermented Cinnamon Vine Powde on decrement of body fat. The investigators measured decrement of body fat parameters , including abdominal fat, Body Fat Mass, LDL-C, HDL-C, Total Cholesterol and triglyceride, and monitored their blood pressure.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males and females 19-55 years old
• BMI(body mass index) ≥ 25 kg/m^2 or WC(Waist Circumference) ≥ 90(men), WC ≥ 85(women)
• Able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Significant variation in weight(more 10%) in the past 3 months
• Allergic or hypersensitive to any of the ingredients in the test products
• History of reaction to any of the test products or of gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease or gastrointestinal surgery
• History of alcohol or substance abuse
• Participation in any other clinical trials within past 2 months
• Laboratory test, medical or psychological conditions deemed by the investigators to interfere with successful participation in the study
• Pregnant or lactating women etc.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Fermented Cinnamon Vine Powder

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Fermented Cinnamon Vine Powder

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo