The purpose of this study is to determine whether BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken are effective in the promotion of resilience and resistance to stress-associated cognitive inhibition.
This is a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind trial. There will be 100 subjects. Subjects are randomly assigned into either placebo or BRAND'S® Essence of Chicken (BEC), 70cc daily for 2 weeks, group. Stress test, cognitive function assessment and blood tests will be carried out at Week 0, Week 2, and Week 4 (2 weeks after termination of supplementation). The primary end-point is the better improvement of cognitive function after supplement with BEC than placebo. The second endpoints include improvement of global health survey and changes of biomarkers related to stress and immunity.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
100
BRAND'S® Chicken Essence of 70cc daily for 2 weeks Placebo 70 cc daily for 2 weeks
Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei medical University
New Taipei City, Taiwan
RECRUITINGChange from baseline in cognitive function at week 2 and week 4
Working memory, Episodic memory, Attention
Time frame: baseline, week 2, week 4
Change from baseline in biomarkers and and immunity related to stress at week 2 and week 4
ACTH, Cortisol, Melatonin, Glucose, BUN/CRE, GOT/GPT
Time frame: baseline, week 2, week 4
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