N/A(healthy adults)
Conditions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Japanese individuals aged 20-69 years. 2) Individuals who are healthy and are not suffered from a chronic malady. 3) Individuals who care about hair health. 4) Individuals whose written informed consent has been obtained. 5) Individulals who can visit an inspection facility and receive a questionnaire in designated days. 6) Individuals judged appropriate for the study by the principal.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Individuals using medical products. 2)Individuals with alopecia or scalp disease. 3)Individuals who used a drug or applied a drug on their scalp for treatment of disease in the past 1 month. 4)Individuals who have a history of serious hepatopathy, kidney damage, heart disease, hematological and blood disease. 5)Individuals who contract or have a history of serious gastrointestinal disease. 6)Individuals with serious anemia. 7)Individuals who cause severe allergic symptoms in foods and medicines. (gelatin, pork, apple, latex) 8)Females who are or are possibly pregnant, or are lactating. 9)Individuals who took care of their hair in the past 2 weeks or will take care of their hair during the test period. 10)Individuals who have an addiction to alcohol or a mental illness. 11)Individuals who are a smoker. 12)Individuals whose life style will change during the test period. 13)Individuals with probable seasonal allergy, such as pollinosis, during the test period.(Betulaceae, Taxodiaceae, Asteraceae, Gramineae) 14)Individuals who will get sunburned during the test period. 15)Individuals who had a habit to ingest health-promoting foods, foods for specified health uses, health foods, or supplements in the past 3 months or will ingest those foods during the test period. 16)Individuals who had a habit to ingest foods claiming to improve hair growth, foods for specified health uses, health foods, or supplements in the past 3 months or will ingest those foods during the test period. 17)Individuals who have a habit to use drug claiming to improve hair growth in the past 3 months. 18)Individuals who conducted hormone replacement therapy in the past 6 months or have a history of conducting hormone replacement therapy. 19)Individuals who were hospitalized in the past 6 months. 20)Individuals who participated in other clinical studies for scalp or hair in the past 3 months. 21)Individuals judged inappropriate for the study by the principal.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS questionnaire for hair, Two Dimension Mood Scale 0 and 8 weeks after a test food intake | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Subject's diary (From the first day of ingetion of atest food to the last day of the test) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
MORINAGA & CO., LTD. Health Science and Research Center, R&D institute