Status:

COMPLETED

Effect of Kale Consumption on Human Xenobiotic Metabolizing Enzymes

Lead Sponsor:

USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

Conditions:

Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility:

All Genders

21-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine how daily consumption of kale changes the activity of human xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. Secondary objectives are to measure absorption and meta...

Detailed Description

Consumption of Brassica vegetables (which include broccoli, cabbage, and kale) is inversely associated with the incidence of several cancers, including cancers of the lung, stomach, liver, colon, rect...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 5 years cancer free
  • Not a tobacco product user
  • Blood glucose less than 126 mg/dL
  • Able to voluntarily agree to participate and sign an informed consent document

Exclusion

  • Brassica vegetable allergy or intolerance
  • use of oral contraceptives
  • Women who have given birth in the previous 12 months
  • Type 2 diabetes requiring the use of diabetes pills, insulin, or non-insulin shots
  • Use of blood-thinning medications such as Coumadin (warfarin), Dicumarol, or Miradon (anisindione)
  • History of bariatric surgery or nutrient malabsorption disease
  • Pregnant, lactating, or intending to become pregnant during the study period
  • Crohn's disease or diverticulitis
  • Suspected or known strictures, fistulas or physiological/mechanical GI obstruction
  • Self-report of alcohol or substance abuse within the past 12 months and/or current acute treatment or rehabilitation program for these problems (long-term participation in Alcoholics Anonymous is not an exclusion)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 18 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

27 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03449849

Start Date

April 18 2018

End Date

August 1 2018

Last Update

September 12 2018

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USDA-ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

Beltsville, Maryland, United States, 20705