CompletedNot Applicable

Effects of Green Tea on Body Weight Reduction and Gut Microbiota

120 participantsStarted 2016-03-20

Plain-language summary

The investigators randomly assigned green tea extract, fermented green tea extract, or placebo in adult subjects whose BMI was 25-35 kg/m2. Participants were 40 in each group, and treatment duration was 12 weeks. Primary outcomes were body weight change and fat mass change from baseline to 12 weeks, and secondary outcomes were metabolic parameteres and gut microbiota.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 20-60 years * BMI 25-35 kg/m2 * Abdominal obesity (Waist circumference): Male \>90 cm, Female \>85cm Exclusion Criteria: * Cardiovascular events within 3 months * uncontrolled hypertension (\>160/100 mmHg) * Diabetes mellitus * Dyslipidemia under statin therapy * TSH\<0.1 uU/ml or\>10 uU/ml * Elevated creatinine level (twice higher than upper normal limit) * Elevated AST/ALT level (three times higher than upper normal limit) * Pregnancy, lactation

What they're measuring

Body weight

Timeframe: Baseline, and 12 weeks

Body fat

Timeframe: Baseline, and 12 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03537625

SponsorSeoul National University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-04-13

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