An Open Label Direct-to-Consumer Study Assessing the Impact of Health and Wellness Products on GI Health and Related Health Outcomes
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: A ready-to-mix beverage containing protein, fiber, and electrolytes.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Health, Wellness, Quality of Life. Basic parameters: 21 years — 75 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The purpose of this study is to: 1. Understand the participant experience using a health and wellness product and effects of the study product on GLP-1 users and those trying to lose weight 2. Understand how participants may use and accept a health and wellness product 3. Understand the side effects of a health and wellness product 4. Evaluate the quality and effects of a health and wellness product on participant health through self-reported measures (electronic surveys) and biomarker collections.
Interventions
- Dietary supplement A ready-to-mix beverage containing protein, fiber, and electrolytes
Subjects will consume the ready-to-mix beverage ad-libitum over the 4-week study period.
Primary outcome measures
- PROMIS Constipation 9A [Time frame: At baseline and weeks 1-4 of the intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Digestion-associated Quality of Life Questionnaire [Time frame: At baseline and weeks 1-4 of the intervention]
- PROMIS Belly Pain 5A [Time frame: At baseline and weeks 1-4 of the intervention]
- Satiety Survey [Time frame: At baseline and weeks 1-4 of the intervention]
- Self-Reported Weight [Time frame: At baseline and weeks 1-4 of intervention]
- 24 Hour Recall Food Diary [Time frame: At baseline and upon completion of the 4 week intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults, at least 21-75 years of age at the time of electronic consent, inclusive of all ethnicities, races, and gender identities.
- Assigned sex at birth will determine sex-specific recruitment and surveys (male vs female) employed, when needed
- Resides in the United States
- Has the opportunity for at least 30% improvement in their primary health outcome
- One of the following:
- Currently taking a GLP-1 for at least 3 months with no plans to stop or switch current GLP-1
- Expressing the interest to lose weight, but not currently taking a GLP-1 in the last 6 months and with no plans to start taking a GLP-1
- Must be willing to complete a biomarker collection (stool and blood) at 2 timepoints during the study (baseline and end of study)
- Expresses a willingness to take the study product everyday for 4 weeks
Exclusion criteria
- Report being pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breastfeeding
- Unable to provide a valid US shipping address and mobile phone number
- Reports current enrollment in another clinical trial
- Reports being a heavy drinker (defined as drinking 3 or more alcoholic beverages per day)
- Unable to read and understand English at a 7th grade level
- Reports enrollment, current or within in the past 30 days, in another clinical trial
- Reports a current and/or recent (up to 3 months ago) major illness and/or surgery that poses a known, significant safety risk.
- Reports a diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction, liver or kidney disease that presents a known contraindication and/or a significant safety risk with any of the study product ingredients.
- NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, uncontrolled arrhythmias, cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, stage 3b or 4 chronic kidney disease, or kidney failure
- Reports taking medications that have a well-established moderate or severe interaction, posing a substantial safety risk with any of the study product ingredients.
- Anticoagulants, antihypertensives, anxiolytics, antidepressants, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, sedative hypnotics, seizure medications, medications that warn against grapefruit consumption, corticosteroids at doses greater than 5 mg per day, Diabetic medications to treat Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes , oral anti-infectives (antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals) to treat an acute infection, antipsychotics, MAOIs, or thyroid products
- Reports current use, or use within the past 30 days, of whey protein and/or similar product(s) to the study product that may limit the effects of the study products and/or pose a safety risk
- Reports taking an antibiotic or probiotic in the last 4 weeks
- Lack of reliable daily access to the internet
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Virtual study. Managed by Radicle Science Inc. — Del Mar
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07563855 · PEP-2602