An interventional study of KoreaGinseng F Max and Placebo in Blood Circulation, Peripheral Blood Flow and Platelet Aggregation, sponsored by Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Vietnam. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-11.
Sponsored by Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This is a single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of a white ginseng extract (KoreaGinseng F Max) for improving blood circulation in adults with poor peripheral blood flow.
A total of 100 adults aged 20 to under 65 years with platelet aggregation above 55% will be enrolled and randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either the white ginseng extract or a matching placebo for 8 weeks. Each participant takes 3 tablets after breakfast and 3 tablets after dinner (6 tablets per day).
The main goal is to measure the change in ADP-induced platelet aggregation from baseline (Visit 2) to the end of treatment (Visit 4, Week 8). The study also assesses effects on coagulation measures, blood lipids, serotonin, blood pressure, white blood cell count, and overall safety.
Study design: Single-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group interventional trial.
Population: Men or women aged ≥20 and \<65 years requiring improvement of blood circulation, with ADP- and collagen-induced platelet aggregation above 55%, who provide written informed consent.
Intervention: Participants are randomized 1:1 to the test product (white ginseng extract, KoreaGinseng F Max) or a matching placebo control. Dosing is 3 tablets after breakfast and 3 tablets after dinner (6 tablets/day) for 8 weeks, taken orally.
Visit schedule: Screening (Visit 1, Week -2 to 0); randomization/baseline (Visit 2, Week 0); interim visit (Visit 3, Week 4 ±5 days); end-of-treatment (Visit 4, Week 8 ±5 days); plus a supplementary visit if needed.
Primary endpoint: Change in ADP-induced platelet aggregation from baseline (Visit 2) to Visit 4.
Secondary endpoints: Percent change in ADP-induced platelet aggregation; change and percent change in prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time; change in serum lipids (total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglycerides); change in serotonin; change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure; and - all from baseline to Visit 4.
Sample size: 100 participants (2 groups); approximately 50 evaluable per group, accounting for an \~8% dropout rate.
Haiphong University of Medicine and Pharmacy is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.
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Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
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Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Participants receive white ginseng extract (KoreaGinseng F Max), 3 tablets after breakfast and 3 tablets after dinner (6 tablets/day) orally for 8 weeks.
Dietary Supplement: KoreaGinseng F Max
Participants receive a matching placebo control product on the same dosing schedule (3 tablets after breakfast and 3 tablets after dinner, 6 tablets/day) orally for 8 weeks.
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
White ginseng extract; 3 tablets after breakfast and 3 tablets after dinner (6 tablets/day), oral, for 8 weeks.
Matching placebo control product; same dosing schedule and duration as the test product.
Change in ADP-induced platelet aggregation
Change in adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation from baseline to end of treatment.
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
Percent change in ADP-induced platelet aggregation
from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
Change and percent change in prothrombin time (PT)
from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
Change and percent change in activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
Change and percent change in serum lipids (total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglycerides)
from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
Change and percent change in serum serotonin
from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
Change and percent change in blood pressure (systolic and diastolic)
from baseline to end of treatment
Time frame: Baseline (Visit 2) and Week 8 (Visit 4)
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Start is estimated for Jun 2026; primary completion for Dec 2026, 6 months later.
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