Effect of a Dietary Supplement on Quality of Life

Overview

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effect of a combination of 3 food components to improve the quality of life in people who have trouble sleeping. Ten subjects with insomnia will drink 2 ounces of the supplement or a placebo for 1 week and after a 2 weeks washout period, will take the treatment they did not take the first week. Questionnaires to evaluate quality of life, and a sleep study will be done before and after each treatment week.

Each participant will be in the study for about 1 month. The questionnaires consist of Chubon Quality of Life Rating, the Multi-dimensional Fatigue Inventory, Insomnia Severity Index, the Epworth Sleepiness, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Subjects will be screened with a medical questionnaire, vital signs, height, weight, oximetry to identify sleep apnea, a CBC and chemistry panel and the Insomnia severity Index. Weight, vital signs, adverse event questioning, dispensing and collection of test material will be done at each visit. During each treatment week subjects will wear an actigraph, keep a sleep diary and at the beginning and end of each treatment week subjects will have a polysomnography. At the end of each treatment period subjects will have a chemistry panel, a CBC, and a buffy coat will be archived.

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