Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Dietary Supplement on Hair Loss and Hair Aspect
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05954039 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 20, 2023
Last Update Posted : July 20, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Healthy Volunteers | Dietary Supplement: Wheat Polar Lipid Complex Dietary Supplement: Placebo | Not Applicable |
A double blind, parallel groups, placebo-controlled study is carried out on 60 healthy female subjects aged between 18 and 65 years old with all hair type showing diffuse and temporary hair shedding with a proportion of hair in telogen phase >15%.
The study foresees 84 days of products intake. Evaluations of the parameters under study are performed at baseline, after 56 and 84 days of products consumption.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 66 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical-instrumental Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Dietary Supplement Claiming Anti-hair Loss Properties and Hair Aspect Improvement |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 7, 2022 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 23, 2022 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 23, 2022 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Wheat Polar Lipid Complex
Dietary supplement - Wheat Polar Lipid Complex
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Dietary Supplement: Wheat Polar Lipid Complex
The study foresees the intake of 2 capsules per day during 84 days |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Dietary supplement - Placebo
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Dietary Supplement: Placebo
The study foresees the intake of 2 capsules per day during 84 days |
- Telogen hair proportion [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Phototrichogram
- Telogen hair proportion [ Time Frame: 56 days ]Phototrichogram
- Telogen hair proportion [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Phototrichogram
- Anagen hair proportion [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Phototrichogram
- Anagen hair proportion [ Time Frame: 56 days ]Phototrichogram
- Anagen hair proportion [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Phototrichogram
- Hair growth [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Hair length after shaving
- Hair elasticity [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Hair elongation using dynamometer
- Hair elasticity [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Hair elongation using dynamometer
- Scalp sebum content [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Sebumeter
- Scalp sebum content [ Time Frame: 56 days ]Sebumeter
- Scalp sebum content [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Sebumeter
- Hair diameter [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Optical microscopy
- Hair diameter [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Optical microscopy
- Hair loss [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Pull test
- Hair loss [ Time Frame: 56 days ]Pull test
- Hair loss [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Pull test
- Hair density [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Clinical scoring (Visual analog scale from 0 to 10, where: 0 = very slight density and 10 = very important density)
- Hair density [ Time Frame: 56 days ]Clinical scoring (Visual analog scale from 0 to 10, where: 0 = very slight density and 10 = very important density)
- Hair density [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Clinical scoring (Visual analog scale from 0 to 10, where: 0 = very slight density and 10 = very important density)
- Hair volume [ Time Frame: Baseline ]Clinical scoring (Visual analog scale from 0 to 10, where: 0 = very slight volume and 10 = very important volume)
- Hair volume [ Time Frame: 56 days ]Clinical scoring (Visual analog scale from 0 to 10, where: 0 = very slight volume and 10 = very important volume)
- Hair volume [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Clinical scoring (Visual analog scale from 0 to 10, where: 0 = very slight volume and 10 = very important volume)
- Self-assessment of product efficacy [ Time Frame: 84 days ]Questionnaire (20 questions with 4 possible answers : completely agree / agree / disagree / completely disagree)
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion criteria :
- Healthy female subjects,
- Caucasian ethnicity,
- Age between 18 and 65 years old,
- All hair type included,
- Women showing a proportion of hair in telogen phase > 15%,
- Subjects complaining brittle and thin hair,
- Subjects who stopped any anti hair loss treatment at least 3 months prior the study,
- Subjects agreeing not to take any treatment (oral or topic) able to interfere with the hair growth, diameter or fall during the whole study duration,
- Subjects who have not been involved in any other similar in the last 3 months,
- Subjects registered with health social security or health social insurance,
- Subjects under effective contraception (oral/not oral) if women of childbearing potential; not expected to be changed during the trial,
- Subjects able to understand the language used in the investigation center and the information given,
- Subjects able to comply with the protocol and follow protocol's constraints and specific requirements,
- Willingness to use the same products for hair care during all the study period,
- Willingness not to cut hair for all the study length,
- Subjects having signed their written Informed Consent form (ICF) for their participation in the study and a photograph authorization.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject does not meet the inclusion criteria,
- Subject is taking part or planning to participate to another clinical study in the same or in another investigation centre,
- Subject is deprived of freedom by administrative or legal decision or under guardianship,
- Subject is admitted in a sanitary or social facilities,
- Subject is planning an hospitalization during the study,
- Subject has participated in another clinical study with anti-hair loss product or treatment within the last 24 weeks before the inclusion visit,
- Subject is breastfeeding, pregnant or not willing to take necessary precautions to avoid pregnancy during the study (for the women of childbearing potential),
- Subject has started or changed oestrogen-progesterone contraception or hormonal treatment, within the 3 months prior to the study or foreseeing it for the duration of the study,
- Subject having an acute, chronic or progressive illness liable to interfere with the study data or considered by the Investigator hazardous for the subject or incompatible with the study requirements,
- Subject is in course of a long-treatment or intending to have one considered by the Investigator liable to interfere with the study data or incompatible with the study requirements,
- Subject having a skin/scalp condition liable to interfere with the study data or considered by the Investigator hazardous for the subject or incompatible with the study requirements,
- Subject having personal history of cosmetic, drug, domestic products or food supplements allergy,
- Subject having food disorders,
- Subject who has any other hair disorder or hair disease (female pattern hair loss, any type of alopecia...),
- Subject having excessive and/or fluctuating hair shedding for more than 6 months,
- History or clinical signs of hyperandrogenemia (menstrual cycle >35 days and hirsutism and acne),
- Systemic treatment affecting the hair growth taken for more than 4 consecutive weeks during the last 24 weeks before inclusion visit: retinoids, anti-mitotic, cytotoxic drugs other than antineoplastic, anti-androgens (spironolactone, flutamide), androgens, anti-epileptic agents, interferon alpha,
- Systemic or local androgenetic alopecia treatment or product, taken or applied (Minoxidil, Aminexil, Finasteride, Dutasteride, cosmetic solution or capsules with vitamin B, zinc, caffeine...) for more than 4 consecutive weeks during the last 24 weeks before the inclusion visit,
- Any other topical treatment applied on the scalp (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, ketoconazole...) within the last 2 weeks before the inclusion visit,
- No hair wash in the 48 hours before each visit,
- Any following hair care within the last 2 weeks before each visit: dandruff shampoo, antifungal shampoo, dyeing, bleaching, perm,
- Any hair care product applied on the scalp between the last shampoo and the inclusion visit (e.g. gel, hairspray, wax, foam...),
- Radiotherapy, chemotherapy at any time,
- Scalp surgery (hair transplants, laser) at any time
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05954039
Italy | |
Complife Italia srl | |
Milano, Italy, 20024 |
Study Director: | Ileana De Ponti | Complife Italia S.r.l |
Responsible Party: | Seppic |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05954039 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IT0003492/22 |
First Posted: | July 20, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 20, 2023 |
Last Verified: | July 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Alopecia Hypotrichosis Hair Diseases Skin Diseases Pathological Conditions, Anatomical |