This double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised pilot trial aims to assess the effect of oral soy isoflavone consumption on skin ageing parameters in post-menopausal women.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
66
1 capsule daily for 84 days
1 capsule daily for 84 days
Eurofins Dermscan Pharmascan
Villeurbanne, France
Change in Crow's Feet wrinkles (Ra)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Ra - Average roughness) on Crow's Feet wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
Time frame: day 0, day 84
Change in Crow's Feet wrinkles (Ra)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Ra - Average roughness) on Crow's Feet wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
Time frame: day 0, day 42
Change in Crow's Feet wrinkles (Rz)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Rz - Average height of the roughness) on Crow's Feet wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in Crow's Feet wrinkles (Rt)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Rt - Maximum height of the roughness profile) on Crow's Feet wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in under eye wrinkles (Ra)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Ra - Average roughness) on under eye wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in under eye wrinkles (Rt)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Rt - Maximum height of the roughness profile) on under eye wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in under eye wrinkles (Rz)
Cutaneous relief parameters (Rz - Average height of the roughness) on under eye wrinkles measured with fringe projection acquisitions
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Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in skin hydration
Skin hydration will be evaluated by Corneometer® on the forearm.
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in skin colour
Skin colour will be evaluated by Spectrophotometer® on the cheekbone.
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Change in skin barrier function
Skin barrier function will be evaluated by the measurement of Trans Epidermal Water Loss with Aquaflux® on the forearm
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84
Subject satisfaction
A non-validated subjective evaluation questionnaire on the study product's effects on the skin will be completed by subjects (each item is scored individually on a 5 point Likert scale ranging from 'Totally agree' to 'Totally disagree')
Time frame: day 42, day 84
Adverse events
Collection of adverse events throughout the study
Time frame: day 0, day 42, day 84