Effect of ANKASCIN 568-P Products Regulating Blood Lipid

NCT ID: NCT05737355

Last Updated: 2025-08-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-01

Study Completion Date

2025-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-controlled trial (24 weeks in total), divided into three periods (screening, treatment, and discontinuation follow-up)

Detailed Description

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This study aims to investigate the effects of long-term consumption of red yeast rice products on blood lipid regulation and elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), while also monitoring changes in the subjects' overall health. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial aims to recruit 80 subjects, who will be randomly divided into two groups to receive either a red yeast rice product or a placebo for 24 weeks. The experimental group will take two red yeast rice capsules daily (each containing 440 mg of ANKASCIN 568-P), while the control group will take two similar-looking placebo capsules daily (containing an equal weight of maltodextrin). Blood samples will be collected and recorded for biochemical analysis at 0, 4, 12, and 24 weeks. General postural measurements will be taken, along with blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood glucose levels. Liver, kidney, and thyroid function will also be monitored.

Conditions

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Hyperlipidemias

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
This experiment adopts a block random assignment design, and the system assignment table (Block randomization, block size = 6) randomly generated by the program is given serial numbers and assigned to groups. The probability of assignment to each group is 1/2.

Study Groups

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ANKASCIN 568-P Red yeast rice capsules

ANKASCIN 568-P is a fermented product from the red yeast rice fungus \<Monascus purpureus NTU 568\>. It does not contain Monacolin K, an ingredient that may harm the human body, and is rich in new active ingredients. Take 2 red yeast rice capsules (each containing 440mg ANKASCIN 568-P) every day, and the control group takes 2 placebo capsules (containing equal weight maltodextrin) every day, respectively, at the 0th, 4th , , 12, 24, Collect blood samples for biochemical analysis and record the general body position measurement, blood pressure, blood lipid, blood sugar and other related changes of the subjects, and monitor the liver, kidney, and thyroid functions.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ANKASCIN 568-P Red yeast rice capsules

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Product ingredients: ANKASCIN 568-P red yeast rice product 440 mg,microcrystalline ,cellulose,Maltodextrin; capsule shell composition: HPMC (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose), purified water, titanium dioxide, gellan gum.

Placebo Capsules

Maltodextrin was used as a placebo.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo Capsules

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Maltodextrin was used as a placebo

Interventions

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ANKASCIN 568-P Red yeast rice capsules

Product ingredients: ANKASCIN 568-P red yeast rice product 440 mg,microcrystalline ,cellulose,Maltodextrin; capsule shell composition: HPMC (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose), purified water, titanium dioxide, gellan gum.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo Capsules

Maltodextrin was used as a placebo

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or Female women over the age of 20 (women of childbearing age should not be pregnant or breastfeeding during the study period).
* A sane and communicative adult.
* 18≦BMI≦35.
* Sub-healthy people with simple dyslipidemia and those who have been judged by the doctor that they do not need to take hypolipidemic drugs for the time being, or those who insist on not taking drugs.
* Screening criteria Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C): 130\~190 mg/dL. screening criteria and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HLDL-C): below 50 mg/dL.
* Those without other serious diseases (cancer, heart failure, diabetes, myocardial infarction, liver cirrhosis, moderate to severe liver and kidney dysfunction, stroke, etc.).
* During the experiment, the daily routine and eating habits should be maintained and not changed deliberately.

Exclusion Criteria

* Triglyceride TG≧500 mg/dL.
* Blood pressure value: systolic blood pressure ≧ 200 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≧ 140 mmHg.
* Patients with moderate or severe abnormal liver and kidney function (generally referring to serum aminopyruvate converting enzyme (SGPT), serum glutamate phenylacetate transaminase (SGOT) are more than 3 times the upper limit of normal or have been diagnosed Liver cirrhosis, or glomerular filtration rate eGFR≦30 ml/min/1.73m2).
* Pregnant or lactating women.
* Those who take traditional Chinese medicine mainly based on red yeast rice.
* Those who have undergone surgery within one month.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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SunWay Biotech Co., LTD.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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WEN-HUI FANG, Ph. D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chief of Family medicine department

Locations

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Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei city,

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Sean Lin

Role: CONTACT

02-27929568 ext. 612

Facility Contacts

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WEN-HUI FANG, PhD

Role: primary

References

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Hajar R. Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease: Historical Perspectives. Heart Views. 2017 Jul-Sep;18(3):109-114. doi: 10.4103/HEARTVIEWS.HEARTVIEWS_106_17. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29184622 (View on PubMed)

Lin YL, Wang TH, Lee MH, Su NW. Biologically active components and nutraceuticals in the Monascus-fermented rice: a review. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2008 Jan;77(5):965-73. doi: 10.1007/s00253-007-1256-6. Epub 2007 Nov 22.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18038131 (View on PubMed)

Echaniz-Laguna A, Mohr M, Tranchant C. Neuromuscular symptoms and elevated creatine kinase after statin withdrawal. N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 11;362(6):564-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc0908215. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20147729 (View on PubMed)

Hsu LC, Hsu YW, Hong CC, Pan TM. Safety and mutagenicity evaluation of red mold dioscorea fermented from Monascus purpureus NTU 568. Food Chem Toxicol. 2014 May;67:161-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.02.033. Epub 2014 Feb 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24582683 (View on PubMed)

Lee CL, Wen JY, Hsu YW, Pan TM. Monascus-fermented yellow pigments monascin and ankaflavin showed antiobesity effect via the suppression of differentiation and lipogenesis in obese rats fed a high-fat diet. J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Feb 20;61(7):1493-500. doi: 10.1021/jf304015z. Epub 2013 Feb 8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23360447 (View on PubMed)

Lee CL, Kung YH, Wu CL, Hsu YW, Pan TM. Monascin and ankaflavin act as novel hypolipidemic and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-raising agents in red mold dioscorea. J Agric Food Chem. 2010 Aug 25;58(16):9013-9. doi: 10.1021/jf101982v. Epub 2010 Jul 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20666456 (View on PubMed)

Lee CL, Hung YP, Hsu YW, Pan TM. Monascin and ankaflavin have more anti-atherosclerosis effect and less side effect involving increasing creatinine phosphokinase activity than monacolin K under the same dosages. J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Jan 9;61(1):143-50. doi: 10.1021/jf304346r. Epub 2012 Dec 24.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23237237 (View on PubMed)

Chen CL, Pan TM. Red mold dioscorea: a potentially safe traditional function food for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. Food Chem. 2012 Sep 15;134(2):1074-80. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.03.019. Epub 2012 Mar 16.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23107730 (View on PubMed)

Lee CL, Wen JY, Hsu YW, Pan TM. The blood lipid regulation of Monascus-produced monascin and ankaflavin via the suppression of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol assembly and stimulation of apolipoprotein A1 expression in the liver. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2018 Feb;51(1):27-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.06.003. Epub 2016 Jun 24.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27422746 (View on PubMed)

Liu SF, Wang YR, Shen YC, Chen CL, Huang CN, Pan TM, Wang CK. A randomized, double-blind clinical study of the effects of Ankascin 568 plus on blood lipid regulation. J Food Drug Anal. 2018 Jan;26(1):393-400. doi: 10.1016/j.jfda.2017.04.006. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29389579 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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23 ANKASCIN 568-P

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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