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Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Age over 18 and under 65 - BMI < 23kg/m2 - Having symptoms of fatigue, anorexia, decreased amount of food, and diagnosed as the Spleen Qi deficiency by the score of Spleen Qi Deficiency Questionnaire (SQDQ) over 48.86 - Subjects who give written informed consents
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Diabetes mellitus(Having past history or fast blood sugar over 126?/? at screening test), History of liver disease(hepatitis, hepatocirrhosis) or abnormality of liver function(AST or ALT over 60U/L at screening), abnormality of renal function(Creatinine over 1.2 ?/? at screening), heart disease(heart failure, angina, heart failure, arrhythmia), history of cancer - Possibility of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or other similar disorders (applicants satisfying the DSM-IV criteria for eating disorder and those who scored =88 in the Bulimia Test Revised or =21 in the Korean Version of Eating Attitude Test-26 were eliminated) - Drinking alcohol more than three times a week in recent three months - Change of body weight more than 5% of the present weight in recent three months - Having irregular meal pattern(Not eating breakfast, eating breakfast before 6am or after 10am more than three times a week) - Attending different clinical trial - During pregnancy or breast-feeding, or having plan of pregnacy, or disagreement of proper contraception in fertile women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes of the total scores of Spleen Qi Deficiency Questionnaire (SQDQ) from the baseline to the week 4 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes of the respective scores of sub-items of Spleen Qi Deficiency Questionnaire (SQDQ) from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the body weight from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the scores of the subjective appetite ratings from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the 1 day-energy intake from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale(GSRS) scores from the baseline to the week 4;Change of the Functional Dyspepsia Related Quality of Life(FD-QoL) score between the baseline(week 0) and the week 4;Changes of the Korean-Beck Depression Inventory(KBDI) scores from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) scorse from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) scores from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the Bristol stool scale scores from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the pre-prandial(0min) plasma gut hormone (total peptide YY (PYY), active ghrelin, pancreatic polypeptide(PP), active GLP-1) levels from the baseline to the week 4;Change of post-prandial(30min) plasma gut hormone(total peptide YY (PYY), active ghrelin, pancreatic polypeptide(PP), active GLP-1) levels from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of the gap betewen pre and post-prandial(0-30min) plasma gut hormone(total PYY, active ghrelin, pancreatic polypeptide(PP), active GLP-1) levels from the baseline to the week 4;Changes of blood test levels (FBS, Triglyceride, Total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, Hemoglobin, TIBC, Protein, Albumin) from the baseline to the week 4 | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Kyung Hee University Oriental Medical Center