Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT04045015
Liquorice and Salivary Cortisol
Effects of Liquorice on Salivary Cortisol and Cortisone
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Umeå University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Salivary cortisol is used as a diagnostic analysis in the investigation of suspected Cushings' syndrome. This study evaluates if liqourice intake increases salivary cortisol in healthy individuals. Late night salivary cortisol and cortisone is analysed before, during and after 7 days of liqourice intake in three different doses.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Liqourice | Liqourice corresponding to 1.5, 3.0 or 6.0 mg glycyrrhizic acid per kg body weight is taken in the evening during 7 days. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-10-16
- Primary completion
- 2019-12-31
- Completion
- 2020-12-31
- First posted
- 2019-08-05
- Last updated
- 2019-08-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Sweden
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04045015. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.