Effects of green tea consumption on the promotion of depression treatment: randomized intervention trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR-IPR-14005424

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2014-10-29

Start date

2013-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-04-18

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Conditions

Depression

Interventions

1:water 200ml

2:green tea powder 1.5g/day

3:green tea powder 3.0g/day

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

30 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with depression, diagnosed by Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV; 2) Patients being tolerant of green tea and whose age older than 20 years; 3) Patients in a clinical stability of treatment (longer than 4 weeks).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with brain injury, dementia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, alcohol addiction, etc.; 2) Patients with cancer, cardiovascular disease and other major diseases; 3) Due to personal reasons (transfer, moving, etc.), being not able to complete follow-up or post-intervention assessment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
HAMD;BDI-II;PHQ-9;GAD-7;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Questionnaire;Physical test;Blood tests;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactKaijun Niu

nkj0809@163.com+86-22-83336613

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026