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RecruitingNCT06437938Updated May 31, 2024

The Effects of Dietary Supplements on Glycemic Control, Body Composition and Hepatic Fat Content in People With Prediabetes

An interventional study of Dietary supplement A: Wasabi leaf powder (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG) and Dietary supplement B: Berberin Phytoactive Gold (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG) in PreDiabetes, sponsored by Medical University of Vienna. Recruiting at 1 site in Austria. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-31.

Sponsored by Medical University of Vienna · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by May 2025, 1 year 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Apr 2024; still recruiting 2 years 5 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This clinical study aims to explore the effects of 3 dietary supplements on metabolic parameters, liver fat content, and body composition in individuals with prediabetes. Prediabetes refers to a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis. The study will last for three months, during which participants will either take a dietary supplement or a placebo. Five groups will be studied, including placebo groups. Blood tests will assess glucose and lipid metabolism parameters, adipokines, and liver and kidney function. Liver stiffness and fat content will also be measured using elastography. Additionally, body composition will be assessed, and participants' psychological state, quality of life, eating habits and sports habits will be evaluated using questionnaires.

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Conditions studied

  • PreDiabetes

Keywords

  • Prediabetes
  • Dietary supplements
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In context

Prediabetic State

999 studies on the registry are indexed under Prediabetic State; 238 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 65 across 844 interventional studies indexed under Prediabetic State.

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Lead sponsor

Medical University of Vienna is the lead sponsor of 1,076 studies on the registry; 177 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • willingness and ability to provide written informed consent and comply with all study requirements,
  • age between 40 and 80 years
  • prediabetes with a HbA1c level between 5,7-6,4%
  • no antidiabetic treatment prior to the inclusion in the study
  • BMI between 25 and 35 kg/m2
  • fasting glucose of 100-125mg/dl
  • in the case of women of childbearing potential, providing a negative pregnancy test at inclusion and once a month until the end of the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • failure to provide written informed consent and/or failure to comply with the study requirements
  • age \<40 years
  • HbA1c outside of the set range
  • significant impairments of hepatic and/or renal function
  • clinically significant abnormalities in medical history, routine laboratory screening, or in physical examination
  • allergies against any of the components of the dietary supplements or the placebo
  • type 1 diabetes mellitus, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, maturity-onset diabetes of the young, gestational diabetes
  • pregnancy, lactation
  • concurrent treatment with any antidiabetic drug
  • concurrent treatment with drugs/dietary supplements that have proven interactions with dietary supplements included in our study
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Care provider)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo group 1

    Corresponding to dietary supplement groups B and C

    Other: Placebo group 1: Placebo capsules corresponding to DiaPhyt® Formula 3.0/Berberin Phytoactive Gold

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo group 2

    Corresponding to dietary supplement A

    Other: Placebo group 2: Placebo powder corresponding to Wasabi leaf powder

  • Experimental
    Dietary supplement group A

    Wasabi leaf powder

    Dietary Supplement: Dietary supplement A: Wasabi leaf powder (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG)

  • Placebo comparator
    Dietary supplement group B

    Berberin Phytoactive Gold

    Dietary Supplement: Dietary supplement B: Berberin Phytoactive Gold (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG)

  • Placebo comparator
    Dietary supplement group C

    DiaPhyt® Formula 3.0

    Dietary Supplement: Dietary supplement C: DiaPhyt® Formula 3.0 (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG)

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementDietary supplement A: Wasabi leaf powder (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG)

    To be taken according to the information in the study protocol/patient information leaflet.

  • Dietary supplementDietary supplement B: Berberin Phytoactive Gold (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG)

    To be taken according to the information in the study protocol/patient information leaflet.

  • Dietary supplementDietary supplement C: DiaPhyt® Formula 3.0 (product of BIOGENA GmbH & Co KG)

    To be taken according to the information in the study protocol/patient information leaflet.

  • OtherPlacebo group 1: Placebo capsules corresponding to DiaPhyt® Formula 3.0/Berberin Phytoactive Gold

    To be taken according to the information in the study protocol/patient information leaflet.

  • OtherPlacebo group 2: Placebo powder corresponding to Wasabi leaf powder

    To be taken according to the information in the study protocol/patient information leaflet.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. changes in the time in range

    time in range measured with continuous glucose monitoring system

    Time frame: 2 weeks at baseline before start of the dietary supplement, 2 weeks during the last 2 weeks of the 3 month dietary supplement ingestion phase

Secondary outcomes

  1. changes in HbA1c values

    HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) values

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  2. changes in fasting glucose concentration

    fasting glucose concentration

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  3. changes in fasting insulin concentration

    fasting insulin concentration

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  4. changes in fasting c-peptide concentration

    fasting c-peptide concentration

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  5. changes in HOMA-IR

    HOMA-IR calculated as fasting insulin level (micro-units per milliliter) multiplied by the fasting blood glucose level (milligrams per deciliter), dividing the result by 405

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  6. changes in parameters of lipid metabolism

    HDL, LDL, triglycerides, total cholesterol, apolipoprotein B, chylomicrons

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  7. changes in the hepatic fat content

    hepatic fat content

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  8. changes in the hepatic fibrosis amount

    hepatic fibrosis amount

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  9. changes in parameters of hepatic function

    GGT (gamma-glutamyltransferase), GOT (AST, aspartate transaminase), GPT (ALT, alanine transaminase), alkaline phosphatase

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  10. changes in bilirubin concentrations

    bilirubin

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  11. changes in the weight

    weight

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  12. changes in the BMI

    BMI calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  13. changes in the anthropometric parameters

    fat free mass, fat mass

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  14. changes in adipokine levels

    adiponectin, leptin

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  15. changes in depressive, anxiety and stress-related symptoms

    depressive, anxiety and stress-related symptoms assessed using the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

  16. changes in quality of life

    quality of life assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire

    Time frame: baseline, after 3 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Medical University of Vienna
    Vienna, 1090, Austria
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 31, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06437938
Lead sponsor
Medical University of Vienna
Collaborators
BIOGENA GmbH
Responsible party
Michael Leutner (Priv.Doz. Dr.med.univ., Medical University of Vienna) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 31, 2024
Start date
Apr 25, 2024
Primary completion
May 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
May 31, 2024

Study contacts

Michael Leutner
Contact
michael.leutner@meduniwien.ac.at
0140400 ext. 20690

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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