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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01599169
Other study ID # ID-RCB : 2012 - A00096 - 37
Secondary ID e530
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 6, 2012
Last updated April 21, 2013
Start date May 2012
Est. completion date February 2013

Study information

Verified date April 2013
Source Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority France: Afssaps - Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (Saint-Denis)France: French Data Protection AuthorityFrance: Committee for the Protection of Personnes
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and the tolerance of the food supplement B-Back®, containing α-casozepine, taurine, eleutherococcus senticosus and Extramel®, on the burnout syndrome.


Description:

The burnout syndrome currently concern all the professional categories. In 2010 the WHO estimated that the three countries with the most important work-related depression are Unites States, Ukraine and France. The direct and indirect costs of work-related stress for the insurance program were not insignificant.

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the food supplement B-Back® proposed in order to improved the symptoms of the burnout syndrome : stress, fatigue, emotional imbalance, anxiety, sleep, etc.

The main objective is to determine the efficacy of B-Back® on the symptoms suggestive of the burnout syndrome by using the Burnout Measure Short version (BMS-10). The others objectives were to evaluate the tolerance of the product, to evaluate the efficacy of B-Back® on the symptoms suggestive of the burnout syndrome by using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, depression, and the global quality of professional and family life, sleep,and fatigue (energy).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 87
Est. completion date February 2013
Est. primary completion date February 2013
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 30 Years to 65 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- males and females outpatients aged 30-65 years old

- practicing professionals in contact with patients, students,...

- symptoms suggestive of burnout syndrome

- minimum score to the BMS-10 = 4

- able to understand the sdudy documents

- agreeing to go to dates of controls

- able to give informed consent

- affiliated to a French national insurance program

Exclusion Criteria:

- current anxiolytic or antidepressant treatment

- allergy known about one of the components of the food complement in the study

- intolerance in the lactose and in the proteins of milk

- pregnancy or feeding

- progressive pathology involving life-threatening during study

- professional on sick leave

- cancer not stabilized for at least five years or considered as not recovered

- subjects deprived of liberty court decision

- subjects in the psychic incapacity to understand the constraints of the study

Study Design

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


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Efficacy and Tolerance of B-Back® on the Burnout Syndrome
  • Syndrome

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
Dietary supplement : B-Back® (a-casozepine, taurine, eleutherococcus senticosus, Extramel)
2 tablets/day after breakfast during 12 weeks
B-Back® placebo (without active compounds)
2 tablets/day after breakfast during 12 weeks

Locations

Country Name City State
France Cinical Pharmacology Department - Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 Bordeaux

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 Nanox International Laboratory (Belgique)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (7)

Benezech M, Mullens E, Lalonde R, Desor D, Messaoudi M. Un anxiolytique naturel : l'hydrolysat trypsique de caséine alpha-s1 de lait bovin. Son intérêt en médecine humaine et vétérinaire. Annales Médico-Psychologiques. 2009;167:605-10.

Facchinetti F, Neri I, Tarabusi M. Eleutherococcus senticosus reduces cardi-ovascular stress response in healthy subjects: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Stress and Health. 2002;18:11-7.

Hartz AJ, Bentler S, Noyes R, Hoehns J, Logemann C, Sinift S, Butani Y, Wang W, Brake K, Ernst M, Kautzman H. Randomized controlled trial of Siberian ginseng for chronic fatigue. Psychol Med. 2004 Jan;34(1):51-61. — View Citation

Kim JH, Desor D, Kim YT, Yoon WJ, Kim KS, Jun JS, Pyun KH, Shim I. Efficacy of alphas1-casein hydrolysate on stress-related symptoms in women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007 Apr;61(4):536-41. Epub 2006 Nov 29. — View Citation

Kong WX, Chen SW, Li YL, Zhang YJ, Wang R, Min L, Mi X. Effects of taurine on rat behaviors in three anxiety models. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2006 Feb;83(2):271-6. Epub 2006 Mar 15. — View Citation

Malach-Pines A. The Burnout Measure Short version (BMS). International Journal of Stress Management. 2005;12:78-88

Milesi MA, Lacan D, Brosse H, Desor D, Notin C. Effect of an oral supplementation with a proprietary melon juice concentrate (Extramel) on stress and fatigue in healthy people: a pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Nutr J. 2009 Sep 15;8:40. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-8-40. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change from baseline in Burnout Measure Short version (BMS-10) score at 12 weeks baseline and after 12 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in BMS-10 score at 6 weeks baseline and after 6 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in Maslach Burnout Inventory score at 6 weeks baseline and after 6 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in Maslach Burnout Inventory score at 12 weeks baseline and after 12 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in the evaluation of the tolerance (excellent, good, average, bad) at 6 weeks baseline and after 6 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in the evaluation of the tolerance (excellent, good, average, bad) at 12 weeks baseline and after 12 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in Beck Depression Inventory score at 6 weeks baseline and after 6 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in Beck Depression Inventory score at 12 weeks baseline and after 12 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in visual analogic scales for the global quality of the professional, family life, sleep, fatigue at 6 weeks baseline and after 6 weeks No
Secondary Change from baseline in visual analogic scales for the global quality of the professional, family life, sleep,fatigue at 12 weeks baseline and after 12 weeks No