NCT02119143

Micronutrient Supplementation and Incidence of Common Cold

Influence of Micronutrient Supplementation on Duty Days Lost Due to Flu/Common Cold, Immune System, Oxidative Stress and Wellbeing in a Cohort of Middle Management Employees

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Green Beat · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study investigates the effects of a dietary supplement - a cocktail of vitamins and minerals - on the incidence of common cold in a cohort of middle management employees.The primary outcome is defined as the number of duty days lost due to common cold/flu. Further, immune parameters and markers of redox biology/oxidative stress will be determined. The wellbeing in the cohort will be evaluated via questionnaires.

Detailed description

randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled trial 82 Subjects, men and women, 25 - 50 yrs, non-smokers, employees of middle management, 24 weeks of supplementation/placebo, 4 wk wash-out of all supplements and dietetic products, undersupply of fruit, vegetables (\< 4 portions/day) and whole grain food (\< 5x/wk)

Conditions

• Immune System Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	vitamines and minerals	given for 24 weeks, after 4 week wash out of all supplements and dietetic products
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	placebo	given for 24 weeks, after 4 weeks wash out of all supplements and dietetic products

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-01-01
• Completion: 2017-02-01
• First posted: 2014-04-21
• Last updated: 2017-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria