UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000048355
Receipt number R000055066
Scientific Title Effect of Daily Ingestion of Test Food on Immune Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study
Date of disclosure of the study information 2022/07/14
Last modified on 2025/01/22 14:14:57

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Basic information

Public title

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Test Food on Immune Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study

Acronym

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Test Food on Immune Function

Scientific Title

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Test Food on Immune Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study

Scientific Title:Acronym

Effect of Daily Ingestion of Test Food on Immune Function

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Healthy adult

Classification by specialty

Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To investigate the effect of test food on immune function associated with 12 weeks daily ingestion in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group study.

Basic objectives2

Safety,Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Confirmatory

Trial characteristics_2

Pragmatic

Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

Physical Condition Questionnaire

Key secondary outcomes

NK cell activity, peripheral blood pDC activity, serum cytokines (IFN-alfa, IFN-gamma, IL-12), salivary secretory IgA


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

2

Purpose of intervention

Prevention

Type of intervention

Food

Interventions/Control_1

Daily ingestion 2 sachets of test food for 12 weeks.

Interventions/Control_2

Daily ingestion 2 sachets of placebo food for 12 weeks.

Interventions/Control_3


Interventions/Control_4


Interventions/Control_5


Interventions/Control_6


Interventions/Control_7


Interventions/Control_8


Interventions/Control_9


Interventions/Control_10



Eligibility

Age-lower limit

40 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

65 years-old >

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

1. Subjects who agree to participate in this study with a written informed consent.
2. Japanese males and females between 40 and 65 years old at the time of screening test.
3. Subjects who are aware of their susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections.
4. Subjects whose relatively low NK cell activity at the time of screening test.

Key exclusion criteria

1. Subjects who are under physician's advice, treatment, and/or medication for autoimmune diseases, chronic inflammatory diseases or allergic disease.
2. Subjects who take antihypertensive agents, immunosuppressive drugs, and/or indomethacin.
3. Subjects who have been vaccinated within the last 4 weeks prior to the screening test.
4. Subjects who plan to get vaccinated between 4 weeks prior to the start and end of ingestion of test food, at the time of screening test.
5. Subjects with implantable electronic medical devices.
6. Subjects with serious cerebrovascular, cardiac, hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal diseases, and/or affected with infectious diseases requiring reports to the authorities.
7. Subjects with major surgical history relevant to the digestive system such as gastrectomy, gastrorrhaphy, enterectomy, etc.
8. Subjects with unusually high and/or low blood pressure and/or abnormal hematological data.
9. Subjects with severe anemia.
10. Pre- or post-menopausal women complaining of obvious physical changes.
11. Subjects who are at risk of having allergic reactions to drugs and/or foods.
12. Subjects who regularly take medicine, functional foods, and/or supplements which would affect immune function.
13. Subjects who regularly take barley.
14. Heavy smokers, alcohol addicts and/or subjects with disordered lifestyle.
15. 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.
16. Pregnant or lactating women or women who expect to be pregnant during this study.
17. Subjects who currently participate in other clinical trials, or participated within the last 4 weeks prior to the current study.
18. Any other medical and/or health reasons unfavorable to participation in the current study, as judged by the principal investigator.

Target sample size

100


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Naoyuki
Middle name
Last name HONMA

Organization

Hokkaido Information University

Division name

Department of Medical Management and Informatics

Zip code

069-8585

Address

59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8585, Japan

TEL

011-385-4430

Email

hisc-acad.res@s.do-johodai.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Naoyuki
Middle name
Last name HONMA

Organization

Hokkaido Information University

Division name

Health Information Science Center

Zip code

069-8585

Address

59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8585, Japan

TEL

011-385-4430

Homepage URL


Email

hisc-acad.res@s.do-johodai.ac.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Hokkaido Information University

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Kouchi prefecture

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Local Government

Nationality of Funding Organization

Japan


Other related organizations

Co-sponsor

SOPHY Inc.

Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

The ethics committee of Hokkaido Information University

Address

59-2, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, 069-8585, Japan

Tel

011-385-4411

Email

soumu@do-johodai.ac.jp


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

2022 Year 07 Month 14 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications


Number of participants that the trial has enrolled

100

Results


Results date posted


Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics


Participant flow


Adverse events


Outcome measures


Plan to share IPD


IPD sharing Plan description



Progress

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of protocol fixation

2022 Year 06 Month 23 Day

Date of IRB

2022 Year 06 Month 23 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2022 Year 07 Month 19 Day

Last follow-up date

2023 Year 02 Month 10 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2022 Year 07 Month 12 Day

Last modified on

2025 Year 01 Month 22 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000055066