NCT03550287

Evaluation of the Effect of a Shiitake Extract on Lipid Profile in Subjects With Moderate Hyperlipidemia

A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Shiitake Mushroom Extract Supplement on Lipid Profile, Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors and the Microbiota in Subjects With and Moderate Hyperlipidemia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Effect of a dietary supplement with Shiitake extracts (Lentinula edodes) on lipid profile and other cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with moderate hyperlipidemia without pharmacological treatment.

Detailed description

Prospective, parallel, randomized and double-blind clinical-nutritional study of 8 weeks of duration and 2 study groups (1) Food supplement with extracts of the fungus Shiitake; 2) Placebo supplement with maltodextrin) to evaluate the effect of a food supplement derived from the Shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) on the lipid profile, other cardiovascular risk factors and the intestinal microbiota in subjects with hyperlipidemia moderate without pharmacological treatment.

Conditions

• Hypercholesterolemia
• Hyperlipidemias
• Dietary Supplements
• Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Experimental product	10 g/day
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo product	10 g/day

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-08
• Primary completion: 2017-06-30
• Completion: 2017-12-31
• First posted: 2018-06-08
• Last updated: 2022-01-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain