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NCT number NCT04564690
Other study ID # #KK.01.1.1.01.0010
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 1, 2020
Est. completion date July 1, 2022

Study information

Verified date September 2020
Source Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Contact Ines Drenjancevic, MD, PhD
Phone +385912241406
Email ines.drenjancevic@mefos.hr
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Role of oxidative stress in the development of cardiovascular diseases is well known and extensively investigated, because of its direct effects on vascular function, but also on the activation of the immune response. Thus, food products that could increase the antioxidant capacity of the vascular system would also act protective against cardiovascular diseases. However, we lack systematic clinical and pre-clinical research with food products instead of food supplements, which would result in consistent and repeatable results. Many studies have proven the effectiveness of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) in improvement of endothelial function, improvement of elasticity of the vascular wall and the anti-inflammatory effects in patients with chronic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, if they are taken as an pharmacological preparation. Our research group recently reported that favorable anti-inflammatory properties of n-3 PUFA enriched hen eggs potentially contribute to the improvement of microvascular endothelium-dependent vasodilation in healthy individuals. In addition, this study aimed to determine the effect of QUARTET® hen eggs (enriched in n-3 PUFA, selenium, vitamin E and lutein; QUARTET No. 012743696, 2014.) consumption on cardiovascular function in both healthy individuals and cardiovascular patients.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date July 1, 2022
Est. primary completion date July 1, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 99 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- healthy volunteers (sedentary)

- healthy volunteers (athletes)

- cardiac patients (patients with acute myocardial infarction, hypertensive patients with/without hypertensive heart disease, heart failure patients)

Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:

- oral contraceptives

- drugs that could affect endothelium

- hypertension

- coronary artery disease

- diabetes

- hyperlipidaemia

- renal impairment

- cerebrovascular and peripheral artery disease

Exclusion Criteria for Cardiac Patients:

- known malignant disease

- hereditary metabolic diseases and other hereditary systemic diseases

- autoimmune diseases or systemic diseases with immunopathology

- unregulated hypertension

- recent surgery (3 months)

- recent significant trauma (6 months)

- renal insufficiency (except in diabetic patients unless Endogenous Creatinine Clearance > 60ml / min)

- active bleeding (hematuria, GI tract, menorrhagia)

- fresh ICV (6 weeks)

- neurodegenerative diseases and epilepsy

- significant anemia (Hg <110 (men), <100 (women))

- condition after resuscitation (3 months)

- therapy that significantly affects vascular or immune function (monoclonal antibodies, immunosuppressants, systemic corticosteroids ...)

- chronic respiratory failure and conditions of chronic hypoxemia

- sepsis and chronic active infections with systemic inflammatory response (active tuberculosis, etc.)

- untreated thyroid disease

- active abuse of alcohol and drugs

- liver failure (advanced liver disease with impaired synthetic and metabolic function)

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
QUARTET® hen eggs (enriched in n-3 PUFA, selenium, vitamin E and lutein)
Consumption of three QUARTET® hen eggs (enriched in n-3 PUFA, selenium, vitamin E and lutein) per day for three weeks
Regular hen eggs
Consumption of three regular hen eggs per day for three weeks

Locations

Country Name City State
Croatia Scientific Center of Excellence for Personalized Health Care, Josip Juraj Strossayer University of Osijek Osijek

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Croatia, 

References & Publications (3)

Stupin A, Mihalj M, Kolobaric N, Šušnjara P, Kolar L, Mihaljevic Z, Matic A, Stupin M, Jukic I, Kralik Z, Grcevic M, Kralik G, Šeric V, Drenjancevic I. Anti-Inflammatory Potential of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Enriched Hen Eggs Consumption in Improving Microvascular Endothelial Function of Healthy Individuals-Clinical Trial. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jun 10;21(11). pii: E4149. doi: 10.3390/ijms21114149. — View Citation

Stupin A, Rasic L, Matic A, Stupin M, Kralik Z, Kralik G, Grcevic M, Drenjancevic I. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids-enriched hen eggs consumption enhances microvascular reactivity in young healthy individuals. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2018 Oct;43(10):988-995. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0735. Epub 2018 Apr 10. — View Citation

Stupin M, Kibel A, Stupin A, Selthofer-Relatic K, Matic A, Mihalj M, Mihaljevic Z, Jukic I, Drenjancevic I. The Physiological Effect of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (n-3 PUFAs) Intake and Exercise on Hemorheology, Microvascular Function, and Physical Performance in Health and Cardiovascular Diseases; Is There an Interaction of Exercise and Dietary n-3 PUFA Intake? Front Physiol. 2019 Aug 30;10:1129. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01129. eCollection 2019. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Microvascular reactivity Forearm skin microvascular reactivity in response to: vascular occlusion (post-occlusion reactive hyperemia, PORH); iontophoresis of acetylcholine (endothelium-dependent) and sodium nitroprusside (endothelium-independent); and local thermal hyperemia (LTH, NO-dependent vasodilation), measured by laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) 3 weeks
Primary Macrovascular reactivity - FMD of brachial artery Flow mediated dilation (FMD) of brachial artery measured by ultrasound. 3 weeks
Primary Macrovascular reactivity - TCD of cerebral blood vessels Vascular reactivity of cerebral blood vessels measured by transcranial Doppler (TCD). 3 weeks
Primary Oxidative stress - thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) Measurement of biomarkers of oxidative stress level. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) - biomarker of lipid peroxidation. 3 weeks
Primary Oxidative stress - ferric-reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) Measurement of biomarkers of oxidative stress level. Ferric-reducing ability of plasma (FRAP) - biomarker of plasma antioxidant capacity. 3 weeks
Primary Oxidative stress - antioxidative enzymes Measurement of biomarkers of oxidative stress level. Plasma concentration of antioxidative enzymes. 3 weeks
Primary T helper lymphocyte differentiation Regulatory T cells (Treg, Foxp3) and Th17 cells will be determined measuring intracellular expression for distinct Th17 markers by using FACS Canto II flow cytometer system. 3 weeks
Primary Serum Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines, Chemokines, Growth Factors and Soluble Cell Adhesion Molecules Protein Concentration Measurement of serum protein concentration (pg/mL) of various pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, growth factors and soluble cell adhesion molecules by kits and panels for multiplex protein quantitation using the Luminex 200 instrument platform. 3 weeks
Primary Endothelial cell activation Measurement of serum protein concentration of cell adhesion molecules (e.g. intercellular adhesion molecule 1 - ICAM-1, vascular cell adhesion protein 1 - VCAM-1, and E-selectin) by commercially available ELISA kits, or by multiplex assay kits for the Luminex platform (Luminex® 100/200™ System). 3 weeks
Secondary Blood pressure Measurement of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. 3 weeks
Secondary Serum lipid profile Total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol 3 weeks
Secondary Body composition Body composition and body fluid status measurement by a four-terminal portable impedance analyzer. Based on the value of skin resistance (Ohm) empirically derived formulas (the original manufacturer's software) will be used to calculate the estimated Fat Free Mass (FFM kg) and Fat (Fat Mass kg). 3 weeks
Secondary Body fluid status Body fluid status measurement by a four-terminal portable impedance analyzer. Based on the value of skin resistance (Ohm) empirically derived formulas (the original manufacturer's software) will be used to calculate the estimated Total Body Water (TBW L), Extracellular Water (ECW L), Intracellular Water (ICW L), Plasma Fluid (PF L) and Interstitial Fluid (IF L) and Body Density (kg/L). 3 weeks
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