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Evaluation of the Effect of a Shiitake Extract on Lipid Profile in Subjects With Moderate Hyperlipidemia (Reducol)

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Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Hyperlipidemias
Hypercholesterolemia
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Dietary Supplements

Treatments

Dietary Supplement: Placebo product
Dietary Supplement: Experimental product

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effect of a dietary supplement with Shiitake extracts (Lentinula edodes) on lipid profile and other cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with moderate hyperlipidemia without pharmacological treatment.

Full description

Prospective, parallel, randomized and double-blind clinical-nutritional study of 8 weeks of duration and 2 study groups (1) Food supplement with extracts of the fungus Shiitake; 2) Placebo supplement with maltodextrin) to evaluate the effect of a food supplement derived from the Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) on the lipid profile, other cardiovascular risk factors and the intestinal microbiota in subjects with hyperlipidemia moderate without pharmacological treatment.

Enrollment

57 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Men and women from 18 to 65 years old.

  • BMI ≥18.5 and <30 kg/m2.

  • Adequate cultural level and understanding for the clinical trial.

  • Signed informed consent.

  • Cardiovascular risk <10% to 10 years measured by REGICOR.

  • Total cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/d and at least 2 factors included in the following list:

    • ≥ 45 years or women ≥ 55 years.
    • Family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in first degree male relative less than 55 years of age and less than 65 years in women.
    • HDL cholesterol: men <40 or women <50.
    • Triglycerides ≥ 150mg/dL and <200 mg/dL
    • LDL cholesterol ≥ 130mg/dL and < 160mg/dL
    • Smoker
  • Willingness to follow a healthy diet, hyperlipidemic control diet and a diet without stanols, sterols and yeast.

  • Social or familiar environment that prevents from accomplishing the dietary treatment

Exclusion criteria

  • Individuals diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus type 1.
  • Individuals diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 on pharmacological treatment (unless it is possible the suspension 30 days before the trials).
  • Individuals with dyslipidemia on pharmacological treatment;
  • Individuals with hypertension on pharmacological treatment;
  • Individuals > 60 years smokers with total cholesterol > 200mg/dL or LDL >130mg/dl.
  • Individuals with hypertension on pharmacological treatment uncontrolled.
  • Individuals with hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism on pharmacological treatment uncontrolled.
  • Individuals allergic to Shiitake (Lentinula edodes)
  • Individuals with chronic diseases (hepatic, kidney, ...)
  • Individuals receiving at least the preceding 2 months a pharmacological treatment that modifies the lipid profile (for example, statins, fibrates, diuretics, corticosteroids, ADOs);
  • Individuals who have participated in the last 6 months in a program or clinical trial to lose weight.
  • Smokers wanting to stop to smoke during the period that clinical trial lasts.
  • Individuals with mental illness.
  • Consume drugs to lose weight during 30 days before starting the study
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Quadruple Blind

57 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Experimental product
Experimental group
Description:
Dietary supplement (Shiitake extract) in a commercial soup at lunch for 8 weeks.
Treatment:
Dietary Supplement: Experimental product
Placebo product
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Isocaloric placebo (maltodextrin) in a commercial soup at lunch for 8 weeks.
Treatment:
Dietary Supplement: Placebo product

Trial contacts and locations

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