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Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of LipiDown (Hawthorn + Phytosterol) clinical trial is to test the blood lipids reduction effect of plant sterols and hawthorn in milk powder in a pilot human trial: demonstrate potential to reduce total blood cholesterol more than 10% and/or total triglycerides more than 15%, as required by State food and drug administration (SFDA) regulation.


Clinical Trial Description

The proposed clinical trial is a pilot randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel, multicenter study with three treatment groups.

The total number of 75 subjects should be enrolled to provide for a 20% dropout rate.

Subjects will be randomized into one of the following 3 groups:

- milk without sterols and hawthorn powder

- milk with 1.2g/d sterols and 8g/d hawthorn powder

- milk with 1.8g/d sterols and 8g/d hawthorn powder

The trial population will consist of female or male volunteers aged 18 - 65 years of age with primary mild to moderate hyperlipidemia documented by a serum cholesterol of 5.18-6.21mmol/L AND serum Triglycerides (TG): 1.7-5.65mmol/L , for at least 1 time tested by central laboratory in the past 2 weeks prior to recruitment. ;


Study Design

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


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT02221973
Study type Interventional
Source Nestlé
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date July 2013
Completion date October 2014

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