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NCT number NCT01825668
Other study ID # B2013:019
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received March 21, 2013
Last updated February 2, 2016
Start date March 2013
Est. completion date June 2016

Study information

Verified date March 2013
Source University of Manitoba
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Canada: Ethics Review Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall goal of this clinical study is to investigate how dietary cholesterol intake influences the plasma Total cholesterol (TC), LDL-Cholesterol levels and cholesterol metabolism between adults who had been breast-fed as infants as a function of the duration of breast feeding and quantity of early cholesterol intake. The study also aims to evaluate the effect of a plant sterol formulation in low fat milk shake in modulating the lipid profile favorably in the study population.


Description:

Hypothesis 1: To determine the responsiveness of plasma lipid profile including Total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol concentrations to high and low cholesterol diets in adults who been breast-fed as infants for different durations

Hypothesis 2: To determine if differences exist in rates of cholesterol absorption and synthesis in adults, and whether such differences respond to variations in cholesterol intake, between individuals who were breast for different durations.

Hypothesis 3: Consumption of a plant sterol formulation in low-fat milk product will favorably alter lipid profiles compared with control in the study population.

This is a free-living, randomized, crossover trial. This trial is modeled after previously successful functional food trial at the investigators clinic, consistent with current recommendations to decrease Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk and improve circulating lipid profiles. The proposed study will include three treatment phases of 4 weeks each, separated by 4-week washout intervals:

Phase 1: Study diets with placebo (240 ml of 2% milk shake; 50 mg cholesterol).

Phase 2: Study diets with enriched cholesterol (240ml of 2% milk shake; 600 mg cholesterol).

Phase 3: A study diet with plant sterols (240 ml of 2% milk shake;2.0 g/d of plant sterols/240 ml serving; 50 mg cholesterol).

During each treatment period participants will consume their supper time meal along with assigned test product. Consumption of the suppertime meals and the test products will be monitored by a clinical coordinator to ensure compliance. Participants will be asked to fill out a 3-day food diary at the beginning and end of each experimental period.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 55
Est. completion date June 2016
Est. primary completion date September 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years to 50 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Triglycerides (TG) <3.0 mmol/L

- Body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 30 kg/m2

- Participants must have been breast-fed at least during the first 6 months of their life

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of recent (i.e. less than 1 month) or chronic use of oral hypolipidemic therapy, including fish oils, or probucol within the last 3 months

- History of chronic use of alcohol (>2 drinks/d), smoking, systemic antibodies, corticosteroids, androgens, or phenytoin

- Myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass, kidney disease, liver disease or other major surgical procedures within the last six months,

- Sitosterolemic patients

- Recent onset of angina, congestive heart failure, inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, diabetes, or significant current (i.e. onset within past three months) gastrointestinal, renal, pulmonary, hepatic or biliary disease, or cancer (evidence of active lesions, chemotherapy or surgery in the past year)

- Exercise greater than walking or running 15 miles/wk or 4,000 kcal/wk

- Participants who have not been breast-fed at all

- Pregnant or planning for pregnancy during the next 5 month period

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator)


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Plant Sterols

High cholesterol

Placebo


Locations

Country Name City State
Canada Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Winnipeg Manitoba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Manitoba

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change in LDL-cholesterol Day 1,2 & 29,30 of each of the 3 phases. Each phase duration is 1 month No
Secondary Change in Cholesterol Absorption On day 26 of each dietary phase,a 12-hr fasting blood sample will be obtained to represent stable isotope baseline, after which participants will ingest 75 mg of the stable carbon isotope [3,4-13C] cholesterol stable isotope (13C-cholesterol)dissolved in 5 g of margarine and spread on half of an English muffin. Fasting blood samples will be taken also on days 27, 28, and 29 to monitor isotopic enrichment/decay levels. Free cholesterol extracted from the Red Blood Cell (RBC) fraction of blood will be used to determine 13C-cholesterol enrichment using on-line gas chromatography (GC)/combustion/isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)using previously established methods. Carbon-di-oxide (CO2) gas will be analyzed for 13C cholesterol enrichment against the Pee Dee Belemnite (PDB). From 24 to 96 hr, cholesterol absorption will be presented as area under the 13C cholesterol RBC enrichment curve calculated by the Number cruncher statistical system (NCSS) statistical software. Day 26-30 of each of the 3 phases. Each phase duration is 1 month No
Secondary Change in Cholesterol Synthesis On day 29 prior to breakfast, participants will consume 0.7 g/kg estimated body water (estimated at 60% of total body weight) of deuterium oxide (2H) as a tracer to measure cholesterol synthesis. Fasting blood sample will be collected after 24 hr (96 h after initial isotope administration) in order to monitor the change in deuterium enrichment within red blood cell (RBC) free cholesterol as an index of cholesterol synthesis.Free cholesterol will be extracted from RBC and water from plasma will be isolated using the blood samples collected from day 26-30 each phase. Cholesterol deuterium enrichment will be determined through being expressed relative to a series of standards using a GC/pyrolysis/IRMS using previously established methods. Cholesterol fractional synthesis rate (FSR) (% per day)will be calculated as the rate of incorporation of deuterium within the body water pool into RBC cholesterol pools by measuring the deuterium RBC enrichment over 24 hr. Day 26-30 of each of the 3 phases. Each phase duration is 1 month No
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