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Evaluation of Changes in Skin Carotenoid Scores in Medical Students Following a Dietary Supplement-based Intervention

NCT02464787 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2020-08-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Skin Carotenoid Scores (SCS) are a biomarker of overall antioxidant status. This study extends an earlier study in which an increase in skin carotenoid scores (SCS) was observed in subjects who increased their intake of fruits and vegetables. The scores were determined using the Raman Spectroscopy. In that study subjects were assigned to one of four groups based on their baseline SCS. For unknown reasons, the groups with the highest and lowest baseline SCS failed to show an increase whereas the two intermediate groups did. One possible explanation might be that intakes varied more than expected and was not obvious due to self-reporting of intake of fruits and vegetables with different contents.

Conditions

  • Health Behavior

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

LifePak Nano

Two twin-sachet packets of seven (7) supplements twice per day, for the entire eight-week experimental period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine B Chauncey, PhD, RDN · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-20
Completion
2016-10-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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