Do green tea polyphenols decrease hormone and mammographic density in healthy women

A pilot randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of Green Tea Polyphenols on Serum Hormone Levels in healthy women

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000098235

Enrollment

200

Registered

2009-02-11

Start date

2009-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

a 24-week intervention using encapsulated green tea polyphenols to investigate whether or not green tea polyphenols decrease serum hormone concentration and mammographic density in healthy women

Interventions

Green Tea Polyphenols capsule 700mg oral administration, twice per day with morning and evening meals for 24 weeks Water soluble, decaffeinated green tea extract containing ‘Tea Polyphenols with (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) 65% and over’

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

healthy females aged 18+yr, who come to the outpatient breast clinic for medical check

Exclusion criteria

they have not given their consent to participate or who had a previous diagnosis of either breast cancer or other malignant diseases

Outcome results