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Dietary Intervention and Assessment of Obesity-related Gene Methylation Levels in Overweight Women

NCT04523532 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-12-09

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Summary

The clinical study aimed to study the effect of an intervention with foods containing folate and hazelnut oil to assess whether this diet could modulate the methylation levels of two obesity-related genes, LEP and POMC, in addition to impacting body weight and values of lipid profile of overweight women. The hypothesis of the clinical study is that the intervention diet could reduce the methylation levels of the genes mentioned and this would impact on the reduction of body weight and improvement of the lipid profile of the women studied.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Dietary folate and hazelnut oil

Intervention with folate-rich diet and hazelnut oil supplement in capsule

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Thamires Ribeiro Chaves

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Raquel Lima · Federal University of Paraíba

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Diseases

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