The Effect of Extract of Green Tea on Obese Women and Obese Related Hormone Peptides

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2014-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine the therapeutic effect of green tea extract on obese women and the correlation analysis between traditional Chinese medicine syndrome and obese related hormone peptides.

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei City Hospital
• Collaborator: National Yang Ming University
• Treatments: Epigallocatechin gallate; Hormones

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged between 20 and 60 years old women

• Chinese

• body mass index (BMI) > 27 kg/m2

• waist circumference (WC) > 80 cm

• willing to participate in and fill out the questionnaires for this trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

• GPT > 80 U/L, serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dl

• breast feeding or pregnancy

• heart failure

• acute myocardial infarction

• Stroke

• any other conditions not suitable for trial as evaluated by the physician