12-Week Trial Investigating L-carnitine Tartrate, Dihydrocapsiate and Protein Yeast Hydrolysate on Energy Intake and Expenditure in Overweight Adults

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-10-30

Study Completion Date

2025-06-26

Brief Summary

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This is a single-centre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, 2-arm, parallel-design trial.

This trial will examine the impact of a combined treatment of L-carnitine tartrate, dihydrocapsiate and protein yeast hydrolysate (otherwise known as the "study product") over 12 weeks on energy intake and expenditure in overweight and obese adults.

Approximately 44 participants will be recruited to this trial. Participants will give consent to investigator sites to collect their data. The participants will either be randomised to take the study product or placebo.

The main question that this trial aims to answer is:

The effect of the study product (L-carnitine tartrate, dihydrocapsiate and protein yeast hydrolysate) as compared to placebo on mean energy intake via 3 x 24h dietary recalls online at week 4.

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Detailed Description

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Obesity is a global public health issue that is linked with multiple diseases affecting the body such as the heart, lungs, digestion and metabolism. There are many factors to weight gain that can lead to overweight or obesity. One of them is when more calories (energy for the body from food and drink) are taken in than being used. Weight re-gain of 30-50% of the weight loss occurs within 1 year and 50% of the patients will return to their baseline weight 5 years after they started their weight loss regime. Weight re-gain after weight loss remains an unmet medical need.

This is a single-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2-arm, 12-week trial with randomisation to either the study product or placebo. The study product is blend of ingredients composed of L-carnitine tartrate, dihydrocapsiate and protein yeast hydrolysate (DNF-10®). Participants will consume a total of 4 capsules a day during 2 different intake occasions. The matching placebo is microcrystalline cellulose.

Ingredients within the study product have individually shown to increase energy expenditure, decrease energy intake, decrease body weight and/or fat mass and decrease appetite in humans, via different pathways. However, they have never been studied in combination. With the combination of these ingredients, Investigator hypothesises the increase of the size effect on negative energy balance via decreasing appetite/energy intake and increasing energy expenditure, targeting different pathways, to \>100 kcal/day.

Study participants will provide written informed consent prior to any trial procedures taking place. Participants will attend clinic at the study site 4 times in total as well as complete a validated online questionnaire called Intake24 about foods they've eaten between the in-person study visits.

Main trial procedures include, blood sample collection, online 3x24h dietary recall completion, subjective appetite feelings via 100mm visual analogue scale (VAS) for hunger, fullness, satiety and desire to eat, ad libitum energy intake, energy expenditure (including fat oxidation) using indirect calorimetry, anthropometric measures and administration/compliance to treatment.

Conditions

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Overweight and Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A single-centre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 2-arm, 12-week trial with randomisation to either the study product (blend of ingredients composed of L-carnitine tartrate, dihydrocapsiate and protein yeast hydrolysate) or placebo.

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Caregivers

Study Groups

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Intervention Arm

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

SPICE BLEND CAPSULE

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

The study product is a powder mix of L-carnitine tartrate yeast protein hydrolysate and dihydrocapsiate.in the format of hard vegetable green capsules. Participants will consume a total of 4 capsules a day split in two servings.

Placebo-control arm

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

The matching placebo is microcrystalline cellulose in the format of hard vegetable green capsules. Participants will consume a total of 4 capsules a day split in two servings.

Interventions

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SPICE BLEND CAPSULE

The study product is a powder mix of L-carnitine tartrate yeast protein hydrolysate and dihydrocapsiate.in the format of hard vegetable green capsules. Participants will consume a total of 4 capsules a day split in two servings.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Placebo

The matching placebo is microcrystalline cellulose in the format of hard vegetable green capsules. Participants will consume a total of 4 capsules a day split in two servings.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 21-65 years old (inclusive)
2. Male and Female
3. Body Mass Index (BMI) 28 - \<35kg/m2 western criteria for western subjects or 25 - \<32kg/m2 for south-Asian ethnicities
4. Comfortable using technology, such as a smartphone or laptop
5. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. On unstable medication in the last 6 months, that may impact trial outcomes (e.g., including antibiotics, steroids or medication affecting thyroid hormones, and gut hormones)
2. Weight change of ≥3 kg in the preceding 6 months
3. Eating behaviour disorders such as emotional, restrained or external eating determined via Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ).
4. On a weight loss regime (defined by actively following a diet such as Atkins, weight watchers, meal replacements, low or very low carbohydrate diet, ketogenic diet, intermediate fasting or enrolled into a governmental health program)
6. Known food intolerances or allergy to any of the interventional supplemental products (L-carnitine, yeast, dihydrocapsiate (synthetic), peppers, cellulose).
7. Taking any drugs in the past 3 months that are GLP-1 receptor analogues, SGLT-2 inhibitors, any weight loss medications and any of the following drugs: cephaloridine, verapamil, valproic acid, and sulfonylureas, usually acting by competitive inhibition of L-carnitine transport by OCTN2 or drugs that affect outcome of interest, including showing a defect on fat absorption (e.g., Orlistat)
8. Known congenital dysfunction of specific organic cation carnitine transporter OCTN2
9. Anaemia
10. Pregnancy or lactation
11. Chronic metabolic disease (except high cholesterol)
12. History of significant organ dysfunction or disease that affect the primary and secondary outcomes of this trial.
13. Life expectancy less than 1 year
14. Known autoimmune disease or genetic disease (including Glucose-6-phosphate deficiency (G6PD) deficiency)
15. Gastrointestinal upset (such as diarrhoea/constipation in the last 2 weeks, abdominal cramping etc.) or disorders such as Chron's disease or inflammatory bowel syndrome or disorder
16. History and ongoing psychiatric illness that affect the primary and secondary outcomes of this trial.
17. Asthma or chronic lung disease requiring long term medications or oxygen.
18. Chronic infective disease, including tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C; and HIV
19. Cancer, coronary heart disease
20. Subjects with history of hypo- and hyperthyroidism
21. Recent blood donation (\<8 weeks)
22. Drink \>14 units of alcohol per week on a regular basis
23. Consumption of recreational drugs
24. Current smokers (daily)
25. Medical history of difficulties in tolerating/undergoing study procedures planned in the present study, (e.g., like cannulation)

Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes