NCT01927848

Improving Gait in Persons With Knee Related Mobility Limitations by Rosenoids® Food Supplement: a Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Frederiksberg University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Knee related mobility limitations are the leading cause of disability in the western world. It is a very expensive and debilitating condition when the cost of lost productivity and personal assistance is considered. In recent years there has been a growing interest in alternative medicine and many individuals seek such treatments. Rosehip, that is sold as a nutritional supplement, has been particular popular, and has been shown effective in relieiving pain - albeit the evidence is scarce. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of specialized rosehip powder nutritional additives (Rosenoids®) on knee joint function during walking in subjects with knee-related walking limitations.

Conditions

• Knee Related Walking Limitations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Rosehip	Rosehip powder made from the fleshy orange walls (hypanthiums) of Rosehips with the achenes (seeds) removed, from the wild growing species Dog Rose (Rosa canina L.), in addition to vitamin C as sodium ascorbate. The active ingredient complex is Rosenoids®, Vitamin C, flavonoids, carotens, triterpene acids, and galactolipids. Rosenoids® is the registered name for the bioactive complex isolated from the rose-hip (Rosa canina) used in RH01. It is being supplied as capsules containing 750 mg of the Rosehip powder and 26.7 mg vitamin C.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	The placebo used in this study will be identical to the Rosehip capsules in both appearance and taste, except that it will not contain the active Rosehip powder ingredient Rosenoids® or vitamin C.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2013-08-23
• Last updated: 2015-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark