The Effect of Chlorella on Glycemic Control of Diabetes

Cardinal Tien Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Drug: Chlorella

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01301287

CTH-96-2-028

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chlorella, a type of unicellular fresh water algae, has been a popular foodstuff in Asia, especially in Taiwan. Recent studies have shown the hypoglycemic effects of Chlorella through increasing glucose uptake in the liver and muscle, lowering serum free fatty acid levels, or activation of PPAR gamma receptor. However, the hypoglycemic effect in diabetic patients have not been studied. In order to clarify the hypoglycemic effects and mechanism of Chlorella in diabetic patients, the investigators conducted a 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-control trial on diabetic patients.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-70 years old
• type 2 diabetes with less than 2 kinds of oral antidiabetes drugs
• Hba1c: 7.0-9.0

Exclusion criteria

• type 1 diabetes
• pregnancy
• acute infectious disease
• autoimmune disease
• hemodynamic unstable

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Chlorella

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: Chlorella