UMIN-ICDS Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000060741
Receipt number R000069500
Scientific Title easurement of the Glycemic Index of Pasta Containing Glucomannan
Date of disclosure of the study information 2026/08/01
Last modified on 2026/02/24 23:28:59

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Basic information

Public title

Measurement of the Glycemic Index of Pasta Containing Glucomannan

Acronym

Measuring the GI of Pasta

Scientific Title

easurement of the Glycemic Index of Pasta Containing Glucomannan

Scientific Title:Acronym

Measuring the GI of Pasta

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Healthy adults with normal food habit

Classification by specialty

Adult

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To verify whether pasta containing glucomannan lowers the GI and suppresses blood sugar spikes in healthy individuals.

Basic objectives2

Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Exploratory

Trial characteristics_2

Explanatory

Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

Glycemic Index(GI)

Key secondary outcomes

Blood glucose increase at each time point, maximum blood glucose increase for each person


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Cross-over

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Individual

Blinding

Open -no one is blinded

Control

Placebo

Stratification

YES

Dynamic allocation

YES

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

Commercial pasta

Interventions/Control_2

Pasta with glucomannan

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

50 years-old >

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

Participants who voluntarily express their intent to join the trial and meet the following criteria:
(1) Adult men and women aged 20 years or older but under 50 years at the time of consent acquisition
(2) Individuals with a BMI of 30 or below
(3) Individuals who have received prior explanation of the clinical trial, understand the content including informed consent in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, agree with its purpose, and can provide written consent themselves

Key exclusion criteria

(1) Individuals taking diabetes medication
(2) Individuals receiving insulin therapy
(3) Individuals with wheat allergies
(4) Individuals with a history of digestive tract surgery that affects digestion and absorption
(5) Individuals who are pregnant, may be pregnant, or are breastfeeding
(6) Individuals who regularly consume dietary fiber supplements (products containing dietary fiber derived from seaweed, konjac, psyllium, etc.) or whole grains (including whole wheat, brown rice, rye, barley, etc.)
(7) Individuals currently participating in other drug or health supplement clinical trials, those within 4 weeks of completing such a trial, or those planning to participate in another clinical trial after giving consent for this trial

Target sample size

20


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Seiichiro
Middle name
Last name Aoe

Organization

Otsuma Women's University

Division name

Faculty of Home Economics, Department of Food Science

Zip code

102-8357

Address

12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

TEL

+81-3-5275-6048

Email

s-aoe@otsuma.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Seiichiro
Middle name
Last name Aoe

Organization

Otsuma Women's University

Division name

Faculty of Home Economics, Department of Food Science

Zip code

102-8357

Address

12 Samban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

TEL

+81-3-5275-6048

Homepage URL


Email

s-aoe@otsuma.ac.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Otsuma Women's University, Faculty of Home Economics, Department of Food Science

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd
Research Center for Fundamental Technologies

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

Life Science Research Ethics Committee, Otsuma Women's University

Address

12 Samban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Tel

03-5275-6408

Email

kenkyu.s@ml.otsuma.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

大妻女子大学(東京都)/ Otsuma Women's University (Tokyo)
昭和産業株式会社(千葉県)/ Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Chiba)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2026 Year 08 Month 01 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

Preinitiation

Date of protocol fixation

2025 Year 12 Month 20 Day

Date of IRB

2026 Year 01 Month 15 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2026 Year 02 Month 28 Day

Last follow-up date

2026 Year 07 Month 30 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2026 Year 02 Month 24 Day

Last modified on

2026 Year 02 Month 24 Day



Link to view the page

Value
https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000069500