Acute & Short Term effects of specialty mix herb & spice capsules on blood pressure in humans

Acute & short term effects of specialty mix herb & spice capsules on blood pressure in normotensive and hypertensive humans

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612001031853

Enrollment

Registered

2012-09-25

Start date

2013-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study aims to see whether common herbs and spices have the ability to lower high blood pressure.

Interventions

Culinary Herb and Spice Mixture (Capsule A) Each capsule contains: 150mg cinnamon, 150 mg clove, 150 mg amla, 150 mg oregano Dose: 3 capsules per day Duration: 14 days Administration: Capsules are taken orally

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Age between 18 and 70 years Weight stable (not lost/gained >4kg in the past month) Normotensive with Blood pressure at or below 120/80 mmHg Pre-hypertensive with BP >120/80 but less than 140/90 mmHg Hypertensive with BP >140/90 but less than 160/100 mmHg

Exclusion criteria

Anyone on medication for hypertension Anyone with severe, or stage 2, hypertension which is classified as blood pressure above 160/100mg Anyone who is pregnant, or intending to become pregnant during the study period

Outcome results