NCT04002219

Efficacy Evaluation of the Mushroom Beverage on Emotion Regulation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Major Depression Disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disease and has affecting approximately 350 million people in the world. According to World Health Organization's report, it may be the first burden of disease in 2030. Due to the high morbidity and low acceptance in the treatment, it is necessary to find some nature compounds to prevent the disease. Cordyceps militaris, one of the most treasure Chinese herbs in Asia, contains many kinds of component such as cordycepin, polysaccharide, mannitol. In winter, it appears as an worm in the soil, afterwards, it grows out of the soil and convert into grass in summer. A previous study has demonstrated that Cordyceps militaris has anti-depressive effect in mouse tail suspension test, and in this study we will explore its effect in human subjects.

Conditions

• Inflammation, Brain
• Emotional Problem

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	beverage containing mushroom-extracts	Subjects recruited from both arms will receive treatment and be followed up clinically for 8 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2020-02-28
• First posted: 2019-06-28
• Last updated: 2022-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan