Clinical trial NCT05202652: Evaluation of Anti-oxidant, Anti-aging and Wellbeing Effects of a Novel Nutraceutical Formulation (HealthSpan)
Official title: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Prospective Trial for the Evaluation of Anti-oxidant, Anti-aging and Wellbeing Effects of a Novel Nutraceutical Formulation (HealthSpan)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Aging
Well Aging
Oxidative Stress
Keywords: nutraceuticals
dietary supplements
antioxidant defense
proteostasis
well-being
Lead sponsor: National Hellenic Research Foundation
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Theracell Advanced Biotechnology
First posted: 2022-01-21
Enrollment: 122
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 29
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The study was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with follow-up at 3 months. The study is in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Bioethical Committee of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. All the study participants received informative material, filled a questionnaire regarding the self-assessment of their health status and nutritional habits, and signed their written informed consent. In total, excluding the participants that did not return for the follow-up (dropouts), 122 apparently healthy volunteers of age 29-85 were followed, with 43 of them being randomly assigned in the placebo subgroup and 79 receiving the composition of the present invention.

Detailed description: The study was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with follow-up at 3 months. The study is in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Bioethical Committee of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. All the study participants received informative material, filled a questionnaire regarding the self-assessment of their health status and nutritional habits, and signed their written informed consent. Patients eligible for the inclusion criteria were randomized into two groups: the group of healthy adult volunteers that received a capsule with the active formulation and those the received the placebo (a capsule with only the carrier substance magnesium stearate) In total, excluding the participants that did not return for the follow-up (dropouts), 122 apparently healthy volunteers of age 29-85 were followed, with 43 of them being randomly assigned in the placebo subgroup and 79 receiving the composition of the present invention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* residence in the Athens metropolitan area
* age 29-85

Exclusion Criteria:

* diagnosed cancer, subjects that were under chemotherapy, therapy with biological factors and radiotherapy
* use of nutritional supplements during the clinical trial period
* diagnosed autoimmune diseases or other chronic diseases
* subjects that had lived less than 50% of their life in the country that is their current residence.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Effect of the formulation on oxidized proteins' levels
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Analysis of the effect of the formulation on oxidized proteins' levels adjusted for sex, age, and lifestyle habits of the sample as assessed in the study's questionnaire
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Correlation of levels of oxidized proteins and measured 20S proteasome levels
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Athens
country: Greece
facility: Institute of Chemical Biology of National Hellenic Research Foundation
state: Attica
Study officials:
affiliation: National Hellenic Research Foundation
name: Eftathios Gonos, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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