NCT01402128

Efficacy and Safety of Fermented Barley on Decrement of Body Fat in Obese Subjects

The Effect of Barley Beta-glucan on Serum Lipids and Body Weight

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chonbuk National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Barley, like oats, is a rich source of the soluble fibre β-glucan, which has been shown to significantly lower LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C). However, barley foods have been less widely studied.

Detailed description

This study investigated whether the supplementation of barley β-glucan is reduce the visceral fat as well as the serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC) in mildly hypercholesterolemic subjects. In a 12 week double-blind, controlled study, subjects were randomized to one of treatment group(3.0g/day as β-glucan) or placebo group.

Conditions

• Overweight; Hyperlipidemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Barley beta-glucan(3.0g)	Barley beta-glucan(3.0g/day) for 12 weeks
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Placebo for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2011-05-01
• First posted: 2011-07-26
• Last updated: 2012-12-25
• Results posted: 2012-12-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea