HealthyNCT01192269
Cheek Cells - Non-invasive Fatty Acid Status Marker
A study testing DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) in people with Healthy, run by Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich at 1 site in Germany.
Trial summary
Various biological materials have been investigated to determine dietary fatty acid intakes, such as plasma, erythrocytes, and adipose tissue. The applied techniques are invasive sampling methods and may have limitations in studies involving infants or young children. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 40 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Healthy
- What is being tested?
- DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)
- Type of treatment
- Pill or oral medicine
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 13 participants
- Where
- 1 siteGermany
- Study dates
- Aug 2010to Jun 2012
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 40 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Apparently healthy males and females
- Body Mass Index 20-23 kg/m2
- Average athletic activity
Who cannot join
- Fatty fish consumption > 1 per week (salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring)
- Intake of fish oil 3 months prior to study commencement
- Weight reduction diet 4 weeks prior to commencement or during intervention
- Recent (3 months prior to study commencement) medication assumed to interfere with lipid metabolism. The only exception will be the birth control pill, if the same drug (active ingredient) is taken for 3 months prior to study commencement and during the course of the study.
- Abuse of alcohol or drugs
- Pregnancy
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Buccal Cheek Cells - a New Non-invasive Fatty Acid Status Marker
Various biological materials have been investigated to determine dietary fatty acid intakes, such as plasma, erythrocytes, and adipose tissue. The applied techniques are invasive sampling methods and may have limitations in studies involving infants or young children. In 1985 the group of McMurchie suggested buccal cheek cells as a marker for dietary fatty acid intake; however fatty acid profiling in cheek cells has not been widely used yet.
In a clinical intervention trial a new method will be tested. The study will consist of two consecutive parts: A) a correlation study will investigate the relationship between established fatty acid markers (red blood cells (RBC), plasma) and the newly proposed markers (cheek cells) before and after intervention B) an intervention study will investigate the time depended implementation and steady state of docosahexaenoic acid DHA in plasma, RBC and cheek cells.
Read more
The participants will receive 520 mg DHA daily over a period of 30 days. Blood and cheek cell samples will be collected once prior to study commencement and regularly during intervention.
The proposed study aims at verifying cheek cell analysis results as a non-invasive marker for fatty acid profiling. This will be shown by correlation analyses of fatty acids in cheek cells, erythrocytes and plasma phospholipids. Furthermore, the time kinetics of DHA incorporation into cheek cells will clarify if cheek cell fatty acids can be considered as a short or long term marker.
The new non-invasive method is expected to be extremely valuable as a non-invasive approach for studying the fatty acid profile in human, including infants and young children. Therefore, it is of great interest to validate the new method in a clinical trial.
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Being tested
- DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)
- Keywords
- cheek cells, phospholipids, fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid, Buccal Cheek cells, non invasive fatty acid status marker
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)Dietary supplement
1 x 950 mg capsules per day orally, each capsule providing ~520 mg of DHA as a triglyceride. The liquid fill contains DHASCO® oil, derived from the microalgae, Schizochytrium sp., high-oleic sunflower oil, natural mixed tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate, and rosemary extract (flavouring). The gelatin shell contains glycerin, water, and colouring (carmel, carmine, turmeric).
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplement | Experimental | DHA supplement: Experimental
1 x 950 mg capsules per day orally, each capsule providing ~520 mg of DHA as a triglyceride. The liquid fill contains DHASCO® oil, derived from the microalgae, Schizochytrium sp., high-oleic sunflower oil, natural mixed tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate, and rosemary extract (flavouring). The gelatin shell contains glycerin, water, and colouring (carmel, carmine, turmeric). Receives: Dietary Supplement: DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Phospholipids in buccal cheek cells
the fatty acid composition of buccal cell phospholipids and individual phospholipid species will be assessed and percentages contribution of individual fatty acids or phospholipid species, respectively, will be reported
Measured: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after the start of the intervention
Secondary outcomes (2)
Phospholipids in plasma
the fatty acid composition of buccal cell phospholipids and individual phospholipid species will be assessed and percentages contribution of individual fatty acids or phospholipid species, respectively, will be reported
Measured: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after start of intervention
Phospholipids in erythrocytes
the fatty acid composition of buccal cell phospholipids and individual phospholipid species will be assessed and percentages contribution of individual fatty acids or phospholipid species, respectively, will be reported
Measured: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after start of intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Sep 2010 (estimated)
- Study startAug 2010
- Primary completionFeb 2011
- Study completionJun 2012
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HealthyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 13 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Berthold V Koletzko, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, Dr. von Hauner Children Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01192269
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 116-10
- Status last verified
- Jun 2012
- First submitted
- 16 Aug 2010
- Last updated
- 3 Jul 2012
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Jul 2012. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Buccal Cheek Cells - a New Non-invasive Fatty Acid Status Marker
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01192269
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 116-10
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Keywords
- cheek cells, phospholipids, fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid, Buccal Cheek cells, non invasive fatty acid status marker
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 13 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of MunichUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Aug 2010
- Primary completion
- Feb 2011 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jun 2012 (actual)
- First posted
- 1 Sep 2010 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Various biological materials have been investigated to determine dietary fatty acid intakes, such as plasma, erythrocytes, and adipose tissue. The applied techniques are invasive sampling methods and may have limitations in studies involving infants or young children. In 1985 the group of McMurchie suggested buccal cheek cells as a marker for dietary fatty acid intake; however fatty acid profiling in cheek cells has not been widely used yet.
In a clinical intervention trial a new method will be tested. The study will consist of two consecutive parts: A) a correlation study will investigate the relationship between established fatty acid markers (red blood cells (RBC), plasma) and the newly proposed markers (cheek cells) before and after intervention B) an intervention study will investigate the time depended implementation and steady state of docosahexaenoic acid DHA in plasma, RBC and cheek cells.
The participants will receive 520 mg DHA daily over a period of 30 days. Blood and cheek cell samples will be collected once prior to study commencement and regularly during intervention.
The proposed study aims at verifying cheek cell analysis results as a non-invasive marker for fatty acid profiling. This will be shown by correlation analyses of fatty acids in cheek cells, erythrocytes and plasma phospholipids. Furthermore, the time kinetics of DHA incorporation into cheek cells will clarify if cheek cell fatty acids can be considered as a short or long term marker.
The new non-invasive method is expected to be extremely valuable as a non-invasive approach for studying the fatty acid profile in human, including infants and young children. Therefore, it is of great interest to validate the new method in a clinical trial.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplement | Experimental | Dietary Supplement: DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)DHA supplement: Experimental 1 x 950 mg capsules per day orally, each capsule providing ~520 mg of DHA as a triglyceride. The liquid fill contains DHASCO® oil, derived from the microalgae, Schizochytrium sp., high-oleic sunflower oil, natural mixed tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate, and rosemary extract (flavouring). The gelatin shell contains glycerin, water, and colouring (carmel, carmine, turmeric). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 40 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Apparently healthy males and females
- Body Mass Index 20-23 kg/m2
- Average athletic activity
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Fatty fish consumption > 1 per week (salmon, mackerel, sardines, herring)
- Intake of fish oil 3 months prior to study commencement
- Weight reduction diet 4 weeks prior to commencement or during intervention
- Recent (3 months prior to study commencement) medication assumed to interfere with lipid metabolism. The only exception will be the birth control pill, if the same drug (active ingredient) is taken for 3 months prior to study commencement and during the course of the study.
- Abuse of alcohol or drugs
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)1 x 950 mg capsules per day orally, each capsule providing ~520 mg of DHA as a triglyceride. The liquid fill contains DHASCO® oil, derived from the microalgae, Schizochytrium sp., high-oleic sunflower oil, natural mixed tocopherols, ascorbyl palmitate, and rosemary extract (flavouring). The gelatin shell contains glycerin, water, and colouring (carmel, carmine, turmeric). | Dietary supplement | Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplement |
Primary outcome
Phospholipids in buccal cheek cells
Time frame: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after the start of the intervention
the fatty acid composition of buccal cell phospholipids and individual phospholipid species will be assessed and percentages contribution of individual fatty acids or phospholipid species, respectively, will be reported
2 secondary outcomes
Phospholipids in plasma
Time frame: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after start of intervention
Phospholipids in erythrocytes
Time frame: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after start of intervention
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Jul 2012.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Berthold V Koletzko, MD, PhD principal investigator
Dr. von Hauner Children Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) in people with Healthy, run by Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich at 1 site in Germany.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Jul 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Phospholipids in buccal cheek cells (time frame: assessed basally (before intervention start) and on days 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 18, 24, 29 after the start of the intervention). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Jul 2012.