UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Basic information
Official scientific title of the study	Effect of Daily Ingestion of Lyophilized Powder of Solanum melongena on Blood Pressure for 8 weeks: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group, Dose-Finding Study
Title of the study (Brief title)	Beneficial Effects of Lyophilized Powder of Solanum melongena on blood pressure
Region	Japan

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

Objectives
Narrative objectives1	To prove clinical benefits associated with 8 week daily ingestion of lyophilized powder of Solanum melongena on blood pressure. Additionally to examine anti-stress effects etc. in order to evaluate the comprehensive effects of lyophilized powder of Solanum melongena for health promotion and health maintenance.
Basic objectives2	Safety,Efficacy
Basic objectives -Others
Trial characteristics_1
Trial characteristics_2	Pragmatic
Developmental phase

Assessment
Primary outcomes	Hospital blood pressure at 4 and 8 weeks after beginning the ingestion of test food.
Key secondary outcomes	Home blood pressure (morning and evening), salivary chromogranin A, salivary cortisol, salivary sIgA, VAS questionnaire assessed stress etc., POMS 2 full-length versions for adults, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Food Frequency Questionnaires

Base
Study type	Interventional

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

Intervention
No. of arms	4
Purpose of intervention	Treatment
Type of intervention	Food
Interventions/Control_1	Daily ingestion of capsules contained high-volume of lyophilized powder of Solanum melongena for 8 weeks.
Interventions/Control_2	Daily ingestion of capsules contained medium-volume of lyophilized powder of Solanum melongena for 8 weeks.
Interventions/Control_3	Daily ingestion of capsules contained low-volume of lyophilized powder of Solanum melongena for 8 weeks.
Interventions/Control_4	Daily ingestion of placebo-capsules for 8 weeks.
Interventions/Control_5
Interventions/Control_6
Interventions/Control_7
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Interventions/Control_9
Interventions/Control_10

Eligibility
Age-lower limit	35 years-old <=
Age-upper limit	65 years-old >
Gender	Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria	1.Subjects with normal-high blood pressure/grade1 hypertension. 2.Subjects who are feeling stress. 3.Subjects who agree to participate in this study with a written informed consent.
Key exclusion criteria	1.Subjects who are under physician's advice, treatment, and/or medication for hypertension, schizophrenia, depressive disorder, mania and/or neurologic disorder. 2.Subjects whose BMI is >=30 kg/m2. 3.Subjects who have (or suspected) secondary hypertension such as renovascular hypertension, renal parenchymal hypertension, primary aldosteronism, Cushing's syndrome, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, etc. 4.Subjects with serious cerebrovascular, cardiac, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal diseases, and/or affected with infectious diseases requiring reports to the authorities. 5.Subjects with major surgical history relevant to the digestive system such as gastrectomy, gastrorrhaphy, enterectomy, etc. 6.Subjects with unusually high and/or low blood pressure and/or abnormal hematological data. 7.Subjects with severe anemia. 8.Pre- or post-menopausal women complaining of obvious physical changes. 9.Subjects who are at risk of having allergic reactions to drugs or foods especially based on Solanum melongena. 10.Subjects who regularly take medicine, functional foods, and/or supplements which would affect blood pressure and/or stress. 11.Heavy smokers, alcohol addicts or subjects with disordered lifestyle. 12.Subjects who donated either 400 ml whole blood within 16 weeks (women), 12 weeks (men), 200 ml whole blood within 4 weeks (men and women), or blood components within 2 weeks (men and women), prior to the current study. 13.Pregnant or lactating women or women who expect to be pregnant during this study. 14.Subjects who currently participate in other clinical trials, or participated within the last 4 weeks prior to the current study. 15.Any other medical and/or health reasons unfavorable to participation in the current study, as judged by the principal investigator.
Target sample size	52

Research contact person
Name of lead principal investigator	Prof. Jun NISHIHIRA, M.D., Ph.D.
Organization	Hokkaido Information University
Division name	Department of Medical Management and Informatics
Address	59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8585, Japan
TEL	011-385-4411
Email	nishihira@do-johodai.ac.jp

Public contact
Name of contact person	Dir. Prof. Jun NISHIHIRA, M.D., Ph.D.
Organization	Hokkaido Information University
Division name	Health Information Science Research Center
Address	59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8585, Japan
TEL	011-385-4430
Homepage URL
Email	nishihira@do-johodai.ac.jp

Sponsor
Institute	Hokkaido Information University
Institute
Department

Funding Source
Organization	NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution
Organization
Division
Category of Funding Organization	Government offices of other countries
Nationality of Funding Organization	Japan

Other related organizations
Co-sponsor	1.Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University 2. ADEKA corporation 3. Wellnas.Co.,Ltd.
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	北海道情報大学　保健センター（北海道）

Other administrative information
Date of disclosure of the study information	2017 Year 08 Month 23 Day

Progress
Recruitment status	Completed
Date of protocol fixation	2017 Year 06 Month 22 Day
Anticipated trial start date	2017 Year 08 Month 25 Day
Last follow-up date	2017 Year 11 Month 27 Day
Date of closure to data entry	2018 Year 01 Month 24 Day
Date trial data considered complete	2018 Year 01 Month 29 Day
Date analysis concluded	2018 Year 05 Month 25 Day

Related information
URL releasing protocol
Publication of results	Unpublished
URL releasing results
Results
Other related information	This study will be conducted by "Development of Foods with Function Claims for adding higher value to eggplant using new functional ingredients" (Project Number 16932813) in the special scheme project on vitalizing management entities of agriculture, forestry and fisheries from NARO.

Management information
Registered date	2017 Year 08 Month 23 Day
Last modified on	2018 Year 07 Month 09 Day

Link to view the page
URL(English)	https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000032943