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DyslipidemiasNCT04110392

Effect of Consumption of Chaya on Lipid Concentration and Antioxidant Status of Patients With Dyslipidemia

A study testing Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa) in people with Dyslipidemias, run by Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán at 1 site in Mexico.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Currently, the changes generated in lifestyle, such as excessive consumption of saturated fats and refined carbohydrates, as well as the decrease in the intake of fiber, fruits, vegetables and antioxidants, as well as physical inactivity, have generated an increase in the prevalence of dyslipidemias. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 20 to 60 years
Conditions the study is for
Dyslipidemias
What is being tested?
Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa)
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteMexico
Study dates
1 Jun 2019to 7 Dec 2020
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 60 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male and female.
  • Adults between 20 and 60 years.
  • BMI ≥ 20 and ≤ 39.9 kg / m².
  • Mestizo Mexicans: parents and grandparents born in Mexico.
  • Patients diagnosed with dyslipidemia.
  • Dyslipidemia will be defined by any? alteration in the concentrations of the following lipoproteins: LDL cholesterol> 130mg/dL or total cholesterol> 200 mg/dL or triglycerides> 150 mg/dL
  • Patients should know how to read and write.
  • Signature of informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Patients with any type of diabetes previously diagnosed
  • Patients with acquired diseases that produce secondary obesity and diabetes.
  • Patients who have suffered a cardiovascular event.
  • Weight loss> 3 kg in the last 3 months.
  • Catabolic diseases such as cancer and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
  • Positive smoking.
  • Drug treatment:
  • Antihypertensive drugs (thiacyclic, loop or potassium-sparing diuretics, angiotensin II receptor blockers, alpha blockers, calcium antagonists, beta blockers).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Mexico1 site
  • Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán

    Mérida, Yucatán, 97130

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About this study

Official title: Effect of Consumption of a Beverage of Chaya (Cnidoscolus Chayamansa) on Lipid Concentration, Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Status of Patients With Dyslipidemia

Currently, the changes generated in lifestyle, such as excessive consumption of saturated fats and refined carbohydrates, as well as the decrease in the intake of fiber, fruits, vegetables and antioxidants, as well as physical inactivity, have generated an increase in the prevalence of dyslipidemias. Dyslipidemias are a disorder of blood lipid and lipoprotein concentration, which increases the risk of developing atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases. In Mexico, the dyslipidemias are present in one in four Mexicans over 20 years old. However, in Yucatan increases this frequency increases due to one in three people suffer from dyslipidemia. Its prevalence is even higher in overweight subjects, diabetes and high blood pressure. Thus, it is important to search for strategies to reduce dyslipidemias, as well as the complications associated with them. The treatment and prevention of dyslipidemia is through dietary treatment, which may be accompanied by the consumption of foods that generate beneficial health effects due to the presence of bioactive compounds. Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa) is a plant use in popular medicine to treat medicine in the treatment of chronic degenerative diseases. It contained different bioactive compounds such as flavonoids, vitamin C and polyphenols such as quercetin and kaempferol. Compounds that have been assigned various beneficial effects such as decreased triglyceride concentrations, cholesterol, malondialdehyde, C-Reactive protein, oxidized LDL, which are alterations that are present in dyslipidemia. Therefore, the consumption of this food could be an adequate strategy for subjects with dyslipidemia in Yucatan and Mexico due to the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, and could reduce the risk of developing atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.

Read the detailed description

The protocol will be carried out in the Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán (HRAEPY). It is quasi-experimental and it was proposed before and after study, the study will be consisting in 6 subsequent visits and a last visit to deliver results to the participant.

In the pre-visit, the subjects will be evaluated to determine if they meet the inclusion criteria. They will be explained what the study consists of, the characteristics, the risks and the expected benefits after the intervention, they will be asked to read the consent letter, doubts will be clarified about it and if the participant agrees to be in the study the signature will be made of the consent letter.

At the beginning and end will be taken two blood samples of 5 mL to each participant. One will be to obtain the serum and measure cholesterol-HDL, cholesterol-LDL, triglycerides, total cholesterol, glucose, antioxidant activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) and C-reactive protein. The second sample will be to the extraction of peripheral leukocyte blood mononuclear cells and determine the gene expression of antioxidants enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT). Blood pressure will be measured with a digital baumanometer while the participant will remain seated with the right arm uncovered. The measurement will be carried out 6 times, in intervals of 3 minutes. The first measurement will be discarded and the average of the remaining measurements will be reported. In the visits will bring to each participant an attachment to reported intake of the beverage. During the following ones it will always be questioned if there is any problem with the drinking the beverage of Chaya.

At the end of the study, participants will be given the document with their results and will be given recommendations for weight control, dietary recommendations to improve lipid concentrations. They will refer to their doctor for follow-up with their laboratory results for their control.

Description of the intervention

Chaya Water Beverage of Chaya will be prepared as follows: 40 g of Chaya leaves will be treated with a commercial brand disinfectant following the manufacturer's instructions for use, then added 1L of purified water and mixed in blender. Finally, 500 mL of it will be placed in bottles. Participants will be instructed to consume 1 bottle per day for 6 weeks. 7 bottles will be delivered at each visit, which will be consumed during the week; participants will be instructed to keep the water refrigerated until it is consumed.

Conditions
Dyslipidemias
Being tested
Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa)
Medical subject headings
Dyslipidemias

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa)Dietary supplement

    Chaya Water Beverage of Chaya will be prepared as follows: 40 g of Chaya leaves will be treated with a commercial brand disinfectant following the manufacturer's instructions for use, then added 1L of purified water and mixed in blender. Finally, 500 mL of it will be placed in bottles. Participants will be instructed to consume 1 bottle per day for 6 weeks. 7 bottles will be delivered at each visit, which will be consumed during the week; participants will be instructed to keep the water refrigerated until it is consumed.

Study groups in NCT04110392
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa)ExperimentalChaya Water Beverage of Chaya will be prepared as follows: 40 g of Chaya leaves will be treated with a commercial brand disinfectant following the manufacturer's instructions for use, then added 1L of purified water and mixed in blender. Finally, 500 mL of it will be placed in bottles. Participants will be instructed to consume 1 bottle per day for 6 weeks. 7 bottles will be delivered at each visit, which will be consumed during the week; participants will be instructed to keep the water refrigerated until it is consumed.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change from baseline triglycerides concentration at 6 weeks of intervention

    Serum triglyceride measurement by the method of colorimetry enzymatic

    Measured: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention

  2. Change from baseline Lipoproteins concentration at 6 weeks of intervention

    Total cholesterol, LDL and HDL measurement by the method of colorimetry enzymatic

    Measured: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Change from baseline blood gene expression of superoxide dismutase at 6 weeks of intervention

    Gene expression of superoxide dismutase measurement by qPCR method

    Measured: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention

  2. Change from baseline blood gene expression of catalase at 6 weeks of intervention

    Blood gene expression of catalase measurement by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method

    Measured: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention

  3. Change from baseline serum antioxidant activity at 6 weeks of intervention

    Serum antioxidant activity measurement by spectrophotometric method

    Measured: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention

  4. Change from baseline serum C-Reactive Protein at 6 weeks of intervention

    Serum C-Reactive Protein measurement by the method of colorimetry enzymatic

    Measured: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted1 Oct 2019
  2. Study start1 Jun 2019
  3. Primary completion20 Sep 2020
  4. Study completion7 Dec 2020

Resources

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
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
It is quasi-experimental and it was proposed before and after study, the study will be consisting of a pre-visit, 6 subsequent visits and a last visit to deliver results to the participant.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04110392
Sponsor's protocol ID
2018-030
Status last verified
Dec 2023
First submitted
26 Sep 2019
Last updated
26 Dec 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Garcia-Rodriguez RV, Gutierrez-Rebolledo GA, Mendez-Bolaina E, Sanchez-Medina A, Maldonado-Saavedra O, Dominguez-Ortiz MA, Vazquez-Hernandez M, Munoz-Muniz OD, Cruz-Sanchez JS. Cnidoscolus chayamansa Mc Vaugh, an important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective plant used in Mexico. J Ethnopharmacol. 2014 Feb 3;151(2):937-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.004. Epub 2013 Dec 11.

    PubMed 24333962
  • Loarca-Pina G, Mendoza S, Ramos-Gomez M, Reynoso R. Antioxidant, antimutagenic, and antidiabetic activities of edible leaves from Cnidoscolus chayamansa Mc. Vaugh. J Food Sci. 2010 Mar;75(2):H68-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01505.x.

    PubMed 20492237
  • Kuti JO, Kuti HO. Proximate composition and mineral content of two edible species of Cnidoscolus (tree spinach). Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 1999;53(4):275-83. doi: 10.1023/a:1008081501857.

    PubMed 10540979

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa) in people with Dyslipidemias, run by Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán at 1 site in Mexico.

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 8 inclusion and 8 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 26 Dec 2023. 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 Mexico. 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?

Change from baseline triglycerides concentration at 6 weeks of intervention (time frame: At the beginning of the study and after 6 weeks of intervention). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04110392, which also lists 3 linked publications.

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 26 Dec 2023.

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