NCT03112824

Functional Assessment of Ashwagandaha Root Extract During Weight Loss

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 35 (actual)
• Sponsor: Loma Linda University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Patients who are involved in a clinical protocol driven 12 week medical weight loss intervention will be randomized to receive either a placebo or 600 mg of an ashwagandha root extract. The study endpoints are primarily the patients self-reported perception of life stress and sleep quality. The working hypothesis of this study is that the addition of aschwagandha to .the medical weight loss program will improve the self-reported perception of life stress and sleep quality

Detailed description

During this 12-week medical weight loss program, the randomized patients will also have a baseline measurements and final measurements of blood for selected adipokines , cytokines, and telomerase measurements

Conditions

• Stress Reaction
• Sleep Disturbance
• Craving
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Ashwagandha Root Extract Capsule	Participants will take one 300 mg capsule of Ashwagandaha Root Extract orally twice a day for 12 weeks.
OTHER	Placebo Capsule	Participants will take one placebo capsule orally twice a day for 12 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-05
• Primary completion: 2021-06-23
• Completion: 2021-06-23
• First posted: 2017-04-13
• Last updated: 2023-01-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States