NCT05084443

Effect of Roselle-based Drink on Blood Pressure and Skin

Effect of Roselle-based Drink on Blood Pressure, Antioxidative Activity and Skin Condition

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 81 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, and cross-over study was designed to check whether the roselle-based drink (2 bottles every day) can alter blood pressure and skin condition in elderly healthy subjects.

Detailed description

The subjects were assigned into two groups (control group and test group), each group subject was requested to drink 2 bottles every day (100 mL/bottle, one in the morning and another in the evening), the rate of drinking is 75.42%. There are 39 subjects (25 females and 14 males) completely involved in the thirteen-month trial (cross-over). Blood samples were collected at the initial, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 13th months of the trial. Skin examinations were performed at the initial, 6th, 7th, 13th months.

Conditions

• Other Skin and Subcutaneous Infections

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Drink	Roselle and placebo drink for 6 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-11
• Primary completion: 2018-06-15
• Completion: 2018-10-19
• First posted: 2021-10-19
• Last updated: 2021-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan