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Brown Rice And Visceral fat obesity in Okinawa

Brown Rice And Visceral fat obesity in Okinawa - Brown Rice And Visceral fat obesity in Okinawa (BRAVO)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000009989
Enrollment
50
Registered
2013-02-08
Start date
2008-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Subjects who have visceral fat obesity with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Interventions

Encouraged to take white rice for 12 weeks Encouraged to take brown rice for 12 weeks

Sponsors

Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Ryukyus and Diabetes and Life-style related Disease Center, Tomishiro Chuo Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects who have abdominal fat obesity with impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes mellitus

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects who undertake medication to influence on study results 2. Subjects who have diabetic complications 3. Subjects who have infectious diseases or history of recent operation and injury 4. Expected, pregnant or nursing women 5. Subjects who have renal, liver or other organ dysfunction 6. Subjects who have history of abdominal operation or bowel obstruction 7. Subjects who have chronic bowel diseases with digestion and absorption disorders 8. Subjects to be inappropriate as an object of this examination by other reasons

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Plasma levels of glucose, insulin, lipids and adipocytokine and endothelial function before and after ingestion of white rice or brown rice

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMichio Shimabukuro

Tomishiro Chuo Hospital Diabetes and Life-style related Disease Center

hmoritake@yuuai.or.jp098-850-3811

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026