NCT02363634

Clinical Trial to Evaluate Magtein in Older Adults

A Randomized Double Blind Parallel Group Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effects of Magtein on Anxiety, Mood and Sleep Quality in Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Miami Research Associates · Network
• Sex: All
• Age: 45 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A randomized double blind placebo controlled trial to evaluate the effects of a specialized magnesium on mood states and sleep quality in older adults.

Detailed description

Efficacy Objectives: To determine the effects of 12-weeks supplementation with Magtein™ as compared to placebo on: 1. anxiety and mood as measured by the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). For the HAM-A, total score and sub-scores anxious mood, tension, fears, insomnia and intellectual will be utilized. 2. quality of sleep as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). 3. cognitive abilities as measured by the Erikson Flanker Task and computerized cognitive tests including Short-Term Memory Test (STM), Working Memory Test (WM), cued name recall task and face-name association task. To determine the acute effects and the effects of 12-weeks supplementation with Magtein™ as compared to placebo on magnesium status as measured by the sponsor's protocol for determining body magnesium status. Safety Objective: To determine if supplementation with Magtein™ is safe within the confines of this study as denoted by changes from baseline to 12 weeks in blood work (comprehensive metabolic panel, uric acid and complete blood count with differential), blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), adverse events and subjective remarks.

Conditions

• Mood
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	magnesium threonate	nutritional product

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2015-02-16
• Last updated: 2015-02-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States