UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Basic information
Official scientific title of the study	Effect of supplements containing fermented black garlic on hepatic function - a parallel randomized trial-.
Title of the study (Brief title)	Effect of fermented black garlic on hepatic function.
Region	Japan

Condition
Condition	Healthy adults
Classification by specialty	Adult
Classification by malignancy	Others
Genomic information	NO

Objectives
Narrative objectives1	To evaluate the efficacy of supplements containing fermented black garlic on hepatic functions of healthy Japanese
Basic objectives2	Efficacy
Basic objectives -Others
Trial characteristics_1	Confirmatory
Trial characteristics_2
Developmental phase	Not applicable

Assessment
Primary outcomes	Hepatic function (AST, ALT, LD, gamma-GTP, LAP)
Key secondary outcomes	Renal function (Urea nitrogen, Creatine, Uric acid) Sugar metabolism (glucose, HbA1c) Lipid metabolism (HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, Triglycerides) Physical measurements (Body weight, Body fat percentage, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart beat)

Base
Study type	Interventional

Study design
Basic design	Parallel
Randomization	Randomized
Randomization unit	Individual
Blinding	Double blind -all involved are blinded
Control	Placebo
Stratification	NO
Dynamic allocation
Institution consideration
Blocking	NO
Concealment

Intervention
No. of arms	2
Purpose of intervention	Prevention
Type of intervention	Food
Interventions/Control_1	Capsule containing fermented black garlic 334 mg of the garlic/day
Interventions/Control_2	Placebo capsule not containing fermented black garlic
Interventions/Control_3
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Eligibility
Age-lower limit	30 years-old <=
Age-upper limit	70 years-old >
Gender	Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria	(1) persons who is generally judged as healthy (2) persons who feel change in their body shapes and/or disturbance of the life
Key exclusion criteria	(1) persons who have any dietary supplements, quasi drugs or medicines which cause same or similar efficacy with the effect evaluated in this study (2) persons who have changed their habitats to take supplements within past 4 weeks. (3) Persons who work in night shift or in day and night shift (4) persons who have been treated their illness or prevention in a clinic at their informed consent (5) persons with their medical histories as follows: serious diseases of sugar metabolism,lipid metabolism, hepatic function, renal function, heart, circulatory, respiratory, endocrine system, immune system, or mental illness of the nervous system (6) persons with the medical histories of alcoholism or drug dependence (7) persons who might be developed allergic reaction to foods. (8) Persons who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or hope to be pregnant during the study period (9) persons who had always participated in or will participate in any other clinical trial (to use foods/medicine/quasi medicine/medical device) (10) persons who will not be judged suitable to the participants by the investigator.
Target sample size	40

Research contact person
Name of lead principal investigator	Kuniyoshi Shimizu
Organization	Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Division name	Laboratory of Systematic Forest and Forest Products Science
Address	6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, JAPAN
TEL	092-642-3002
Email	shimizu@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Public contact
Name of contact person	Kuniyoshi Shimizu
Organization	Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Division name	Laboratory of Systematic Forest and Forest Products Science
Address	6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, JAPAN
TEL	092-642-3002
Homepage URL
Email	shimizu@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Sponsor
Institute	Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University
Institute
Department

Funding Source
Organization	Miraikan Co. Ltd.,
Organization
Division
Category of Funding Organization	Profit organization
Nationality of Funding Organization

Other related organizations
Co-sponsor	Faculty of Humanity-Oriented Science and Engineering, Kindai University
Name of secondary funｄer(s)

Secondary IDs
Secondary IDs	NO
Study ID_1
Org. issuing International ID_1
Study ID_2
Org. issuing International ID_2
IND to MHLW

Institutions
Institutions

Other administrative information
Date of disclosure of the study information	2016 Year 12 Month 01 Day

Progress
Recruitment status	Completed
Date of protocol fixation	2016 Year 02 Month 13 Day
Anticipated trial start date	2016 Year 03 Month 10 Day
Last follow-up date
Date of closure to data entry
Date trial data considered complete
Date analysis concluded

Related information
URL releasing protocol
Publication of results	Unpublished
URL releasing results
Results
Other related information

Management information
Registered date	2016 Year 11 Month 08 Day
Last modified on	2016 Year 11 Month 03 Day

Link to view the page
URL(English)	https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000028418