UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000055141
Receipt number R000062995
Scientific Title A study to verify the effectiveness of test food intake in women on menstrual symptoms such as menstrual pain and PMS
Date of disclosure of the study information 2024/08/02
Last modified on 2025/09/03 11:47:50

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Basic information

Public title

A study to verify the effectiveness of test food intake in women on menstrual symptoms such as menstrual pain and PMS

Acronym

A study to verify the effectiveness of test food intake in women on menstrual symptoms such as menstrual pain and PMS

Scientific Title

A study to verify the effectiveness of test food intake in women on menstrual symptoms such as menstrual pain and PMS

Scientific Title:Acronym

A study to verify the effectiveness of test food intake in women on menstrual symptoms such as menstrual pain and PMS

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Healthy adult

Classification by specialty

Not applicable Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

The efficacy and safety of the test food on menstrual pain and menstrual symptoms caused by premenstrual syndrome (PMS) when the test food is ingested continuously for the duration of approximately two menstrual cycles will be compared with a placebo.

Basic objectives2

Safety,Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Confirmatory

Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

Change in menstrual pain VAS from before to after intake

Key secondary outcomes

Changes in menstrual symptoms Japanese version (MDQ), PMTS-VAS, bowel movement frequency, menstrual blood volume score, and wearable data from before to after intake


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

NO

Institution consideration

Institution is not considered as adjustment factor.

Blocking

NO

Concealment

No need to know


Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Prevention

Type of intervention

Food

Interventions/Control_1

Ingestion one bottle (200ml/bottle) of test food once a day for approximately two menstrual cycles.

Interventions/Control_2

Ingestion one bottle (200ml/bottle) of placebo once a day for approximately two menstrual cycles.

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

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

45 years-old >

Gender

Female

Key inclusion criteria

(1) Healthy females from 20 to 44 years of age
(2) Subjects with a stable menstrual cycle between 25 and 32 days
(3) Subjects who suffer from menstrual pain within 5 days of the start of menstruation
(4) Subjects whose usual menstrual cycle lasts 3-7 days based on their responses to a lifestyle questionnaire
(5) Priority will be given to subjects who, based on their responses to the lifestyle questionnaire, usually consume little similar food, and subjects who have a high total score on the menstrual VAS during menstruation and the MDQ score before menstruation at the time of the pre-test.
(6) Subjects who fully understand the purpose and content of this study and voluntarily agree to participate in the study

Key exclusion criteria

(1) Subjects who regularly consume beverages similar to the test food
(2) Subjects undergoing treatment for sex hormones, gynecological diseases, or taking birth control pills or related medications
(3) Subjects who have had abnormalities in clinical test values or cardiopulmonary function and are deemed to be unsuitable for participation in the study
(4) Subjects who are at risk of developing allergies related to the study
(5) Subjects with a disease requiring regular medication, subjects with a disease currently being treated (excluding dry eye and caries treatment), subjects with a history of a serious disease that required medication
(6) Subjects with a BMI of 30 kg/m^2 or more or less than 16 kg/m^2
(7) Subjects whose pre-examination anthropometric, physical and clinical test values are significantly outside the reference range
(8) Subjects who are participating in the other study at the start of this study
(9) Subjects who plan to or wish to receive cervical cancer (HPV) vaccination during the study period
(10) Subjects who plan to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study period
(11) Subjects who were deemed unsuitable as subjects based on their responses to the lifestyle questionnaire
(12) Subjects who are judged as unsuitable for the study by the investigator for other reason

Target sample size

60


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Sho
Middle name
Last name Ishii

Organization

Mizkan Holdings Co.,Ltd

Division name

Central Research Institute

Zip code

475-8585

Address

2-6 Nakamura-cho, Handa City, Aichi, Japan

TEL

0569-24-5139

Email

s-ishii@mizkan.co.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Chiharu
Middle name
Last name Goto

Organization

EP Mediate Co., Ltd.

Division name

R&D Support Center Foods Department Trial Planning Section

Zip code

162-0821

Address

Kagurazaka AK Bldg., 1-8 Tsukudocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

TEL

03-5657-9130

Homepage URL


Email

goto.chiharu069@eps.co.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

EP Mediate Co., Ltd.

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Mizkan Holdings Co.,Ltd

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Profit organization

Nationality of Funding Organization

Japan


Other related organizations

Co-sponsor


Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Medical Station Clinic Research Ethics Committee

Address

3-12-8, Takaban, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

Tel

03-6452-2712

Email

nakagawa.akiko297@eps.co.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

医療法人財団 同仁記念会 明和病院(東京都)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2024 Year 08 Month 02 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


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

2024 Year 07 Month 25 Day

Date of IRB

2024 Year 07 Month 25 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2024 Year 08 Month 05 Day

Last follow-up date

2024 Year 12 Month 13 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2024 Year 08 Month 02 Day

Last modified on

2025 Year 09 Month 03 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000062995