Effects of Essence of Chicken on Physical Fatigue, Working Memory and Attention

NCT ID: NCT03128476

Last Updated: 2017-04-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 364 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-03-03
• Study Completion Date: 2017-01-30

Brief Summary

In Southeast Asia, Essence of Chicken, a chicken-meat-extract, is a popular beverage and is consumed as a traditional remedy for several ailments, including the use as a nutritional supplement for sickness, enhancement of mental efficiency, and recovery from mental fatigue. While the elderly use it as a nutritional supplement, students use it for relief from anxiety during exam times.

The present study is conducted in order to assess the effects of BEC on various physical and mental parameters including physical fatigue, working memory and attention, mood and stress, in comparison to placebo.

Conditions

Healthy Subjects; Fatigue

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: QUADRUPLE

Study Groups

1 bottle

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Essence of Chicken

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Brand's Essence of Chicken (BEC) is produced via a water extraction process from chicken meat for several hours under high-temperature, followed by centrifugation to remove fat and cholesterol, vacuum concentration to 3- to 4-fold, sterilization by high temperature and pressure before bottling. This kind of chicken essence is rich in protein, and low in sugar and fat, conveniently available and consumable, and easy for household storage.

2 bottles

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Essence of Chicken

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Brand's Essence of Chicken (BEC) is produced via a water extraction process from chicken meat for several hours under high-temperature, followed by centrifugation to remove fat and cholesterol, vacuum concentration to 3- to 4-fold, sterilization by high temperature and pressure before bottling. This kind of chicken essence is rich in protein, and low in sugar and fat, conveniently available and consumable, and easy for household storage.

Placebo

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo (Energy matched)

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Interventions

Essence of Chicken

Brand's Essence of Chicken (BEC) is produced via a water extraction process from chicken meat for several hours under high-temperature, followed by centrifugation to remove fat and cholesterol, vacuum concentration to 3- to 4-fold, sterilization by high temperature and pressure before bottling. This kind of chicken essence is rich in protein, and low in sugar and fat, conveniently available and consumable, and easy for household storage.

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo (Energy matched)

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Normal BMI
• Not continuously taken Essence of Chicken for the last 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Suffering from chronic or malignant diseases e.g. cancer, heart, liver, renal or other metabolic diseases.
• Any psychiatric or neurological disease
• Pregnant and lactating women
• Subjects participated in any investigational drug trial within 4 weeks before screening
• Consumption of food supplement in the previous 2 weeks
• Professional athletes
• Subjects with recent lifestyle changes in the past 4 weeks
• History of allergy to chicken meat and seafood

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cerebos

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Sprim Advanced Life Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

BEC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id