NCT03296956

A Dietary Supplement for Mood Symptoms in Early Postpartum: A Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a dietary supplement (DS) is effective in protecting against sad mood in postpartum as compared to placebo.

Detailed description

This double blind placebo controlled randomized trial will evaluate the effect of administration of a dietary supplement (DS) on the intensity of postpartum blues. It is expected that the administration will result in less sadness in day-5 postpartum women after negative mood induction in those receiving the dietary supplement compared to placebo.

Conditions

• Postpartum Blues
• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Motherwell	The interventions involves a dietary supplement called Motherwell, at current stage, to reduce the intensity of sadness in day-5 postpartum women.
OTHER	Placebo	Matching placebo for appearance, taste

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-25
• Completion: 2023-06-20
• First posted: 2017-09-29
• Last updated: 2023-10-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada