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The Effects of Pumpkin Seed Oil Supplementation on Cardiovascular Function in Postmenopausal Women.

NCT03716960 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2018-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Postmenopausal women have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) disease than age-match men. Growing evidence from rat studies have demonstrated CV-protective effects of pumpkin seed oil (PSO).

The investigators hypothesis is that PSO would improve CV health in postmenopausal women.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Pumpkin Seed Oil

This intervention consisted of 6 weeks of PSO consumption. Subject were supplemented with 3 g/day of PSO which was ingested in the form of 1g capsules with each main meal of the day (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

OTHER

Placebo

This intervention consisted of 6 weeks of placebo consumption. Subject consumed 1 capsule of maltodextrin with each main meal of the day to match the dose and number of capsules ingested daily by the PSO group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marymount University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alexei Wong, Ph.D · Marymount University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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