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Glutathione vs. Curcumin Clinical Trial

NCT02848417 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2020-01-29

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Summary

The investigator proposes to perform a phase I/II study comparing two nutraceuticals and placebo that target mediators identified in the investigator's prior dynamic modeling study of Gulf War Illness (GWI). The investigator will repeat the dynamic modeling before treatment and on therapy to assess the modeling and the impact of the interventions on the homeostatic networks that have identified, with an added focus on the glutathione/redox system.

Conditions

  • Gulf War Syndrome

Interventions

DRUG

Curcumin

Perform a randomized phase I/II study comparing curcumin (increased bioavailable form, body cell mass-85, 400 mg twice a day) to glutathione (liposomal bioavailable form 630 mg bid), with a 3 month intervention and assessment of safety, efficacy and biomarker response to therapy.

DRUG

Glutathione

Perform dynamic modeling studies before and after 3 months of therapy, repeating the method used previously in order to compare the response to exercise across groups and better quantify the degree of recovery in treated subjects using an exercise challenge and 9 point in time blood and saliva collections over 24 hours with genomic, cytokine, neuropeptide and cell population studies.

OTHER

Placebo

Placebo liquid 120 ml per/ bottle Placebo capsules 60 capsules per bottle 400 mg /cap With the addition of a Partner PI, redox/methylation expert Dr. Richard Deth, perform studies of antioxidant and methylation-related metabolic status prior to, during and after acute exercise in GWI subjects before and after interventions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • South Florida Veterans Affairs Foundation for Research and Education

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth Balbin · Nova University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2019-08-31
Completion
2020-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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