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Low Dose β-carotene Supplementation Diminishes Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetics and Healthy Individuals

NCT01477112 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 117

Last updated 2011-11-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Since diabetes has multiple etiologies and oxidative stress one of the proposed mechanisms, the objective is to determine the effect of supplementation with β-carotene to type 2 diabetics and healthy individuals, on iron metabolism, oxidative balance, and antioxidant plasma capacity, using doses similar to the daily nutritional requirement.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Betacarotene

6 mg betacarotene in caplets for 45 days (daily)and reevaluate parameters 30 days after finishing supplementation

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Controls. No treatment

Evaluate at time 0, 45 days and 75 days, but without receiving betacarotene supplements

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seguros Caracas Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • National Fund for Science and Technology, Science Mission

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria N Garcia-Casal, PhD · Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas

  • Jose M Moreno, PhD · Instituto Venezolanode Investigaciones cientificas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Venezuela

Study Locations

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