NCT02742194

Ginger Capsules for the Chronic Treatment of Obesity

Double-blind Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) Addition in the Obesity Treatment and Improvement Behavioral Profile

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Regarding its complex pathogenesis and clinic-epidemiological meaning, different strategies are needed for the treatment of obesity. Ginger is the rhizome of a plant with thermogenic and anti-inflammatory effects, and may be a promising alternative as add-on strategy in the treatment for obesity. The primary objective of the current study is to assess whether consumption of ginger as an add-on strategy to restrictive diet is effective to reduce fat body percentage, increase basal metabolic rate and improve loss weight. The secondary objectives are: * to assess the effect of nutritional intervention in quality of diet and weight loss. * to evaluate the effect of ginger on behavioral symptoms and peripheral biomarkers in overweight subjects.

Detailed description

Overweight individuals will be interviewed at baseline and after 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 days from baseline. The following measures will be assessed: body composition (fat body% and free fat body%), anthropometric measures (height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference and abdominal circumference), blood pressure, basal metabolic rate, behavioral symptoms, binge eating (binge eating scale) and peripheral biomarkers. Behavioral symptoms will be assessed using the following self-reported questionnaires: Beck Depression Inventory (depression symptoms), Beck Anxiety Inventory (anxiety symptoms), Medical Outcomes Study 36 - Item Short - Form Health Survey (quality of life) and Perceived Stress Scale (stress). Enrolled participants will receive restrictive diet calculated on individual requirements aiming at the loss from two to four kilogram per month in addition to capsules of ginger or placebo, as follows: * Group 1 will receive vials containing 90 capsules of 200mg of dry extract of ginger (5% active ingredient) to be taken three times a day for six months in addition to restrictive diet. * Group 2 will receive vials containing 90 capsules of 200mg of placebo (cellulose) to be taken three times a day for six months in addition to restrictive diet.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Dry extract of ginger	Restrictive diet plus three capsules of 200 mg of dry extract of ginger (5% active ingredient) to be taken three times a day for six months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Restrictive diet plus three capsules of 200 mg of cellulose to be taken three times a day for six months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-01
• Completion: 2018-11-01
• First posted: 2016-04-18
• Last updated: 2016-04-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil