Status:

COMPLETED

Metabolic Syndrome and Functional Food

Lead Sponsor:

Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

Conditions:

Metabolic Syndrome

Eligibility:

FEMALE

20-70 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

High blood sugar and adiposity are part of Metabolic syndrome (about 24% of adults harbor it). The main approach, weight reduction, is often unattainable. Aloe Vera (barbadensis) (AV) and cnidoscolus ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Adult women living in Monterrey, Mexico with at least three of the following:
  • waist line equal or larger than 88 cm
  • fasting blood sugar between 100-140 mg/dL without symptoms or known glucose intolerance or diabetes treated only with diet
  • known high blood pressure or 2/3 readings systolic \> 130 mmHg, diastolic \> 85
  • HLD \< 50 mg/dL or triglycerides \> 150 mg/dL
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Pregnancy or nursing
  • On anti-diabetic agents
  • Diabetic symptoms or advanced DM complications
  • Severe behavioral problems

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    March 1 2009

    Estimated Enrollment :

    125 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00916175

    Start Date

    October 1 2008

    End Date

    March 1 2009

    Last Update

    December 2 2016

    Active Locations (2)

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    1

    Fomerrey 19 Community Clinic

    Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico

    2

    Endocrinology, Outpatient clinic of University Hospital UANL

    Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, 54460