Efficacy and Safety of Fermented Velvet Antler Extract on Fatigue Recovery After Exercise

Chonbuk National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Fermented Velvet Antler extract; Dietary Supplement: Placebo

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01689467

KD-FR-FVE

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 Velvet Antler extract on fatigue recovery after exercise. The investigators measured fatigue recovery parameters , including lactate, ammonia, inorganic phosphorus, creatine kinase and LDH, and monitored their blood pressure.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males and females 19-60 years old
• Hemoglobin concentration between 13 and 14 g/dL(men), 12 and 13 g/dL(women)
• Able to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• 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
• 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 Velvet Antler extract

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Fermented Velvet Antler extract

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Placebo