NCT01402141

A Human Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Chungkookjang on Histamine-induced Wheal Size in Healthy Subjects

Efficacy and Safety of Chungkookjang, a Fermented Soy Paste, on Histamine-induced Wheal Size

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chonbuk National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators investigate the effect of Chungkookjang on histamine-induced skin reaction in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, human trial

Detailed description

Sixty volunteers (aged 20-80) who gave a written consent before entering the study, were randomized in two groups of thirty subjects each. The skin prick test with histamine was performed on the ventral forearm, 10 cm from the elbow, before and after supplement administration, as well as three times daily for 12 weeks of chungkookjang(35g/day) or placebo(35g/day)intake.

Conditions

• Healthy Subjects

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Chungkookjang	Chungkookjang(35g/say)for 12 weeks
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Placebo(35g/day) for 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-07-01
• Completion: 2011-09-01
• First posted: 2011-07-26
• Last updated: 2012-11-22
• Results posted: 2012-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea