Recruiting
Phase 1
Phase 2

Purification Program

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00724217

Conditions

Hyperlipidemia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program (SPPP)

Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program (SPPP)

Study Details

Brief summary:

To determine the effects of a commercially available dietary modification plus nutritional supplement regimen, the Standard Process 21 day Purification Program (SPPP), on serum lipids, C-reactive protein (CRP), homocysteine, body mass index (BMI), body weight, blood pressure, and heart rate variability (HRV) in normal weight (BMI < 26) and overweight (BMI 26 or above) participants who have total cholesterol levels over 180.

Conditions

Hyperlipidemia

Study ID

NCT00724217

Start date

Jul, 2008

Status verified date

Jul, 2008

Completion date

Mar, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 65

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • The two experimental groups will be 1. normal weight participants (BMI < 26) and 2. overweight participants (BMI 26 or above).
  • All participants will have total cholesterol levels over 180.
  • Both male and female subjects between the ages of 18-65 will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Exclusion criteria are based on factors that could interfere with the effects of the SPPP on the outcome measures and/or the safety of the participants as follows:
  • Individuals with diabetes, heart, kidney, thyroid disorders, neurological diseases, and chronic disease will be excluded from the study.
  • Female subjects who are pregnant or breast feeding and those using blood lipid modifying medications and/or supplements drugs and/or hypertension will be excluded from study.

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Normal weight

BMI < 26

experimental: Overweight

BMI >= 26

Interventions

Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program (SPPP)

The Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program (SPPP) consists of a controlled food intake regimen of mostly fruit and vegetables with restricted calories, protein and fats plus daily use of herbal and whole food based supplements.

Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program (SPPP)

The Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program (SPPP) consists of a controlled food intake regimen of mostly fruit and vegetables with restricted calories, protein and fats plus daily use of herbal and whole food based

Primary outcome measure

  • Serum lipids [ Time Frame: Before and 3 weeks after starting SPPP (dietary modification + whole food supplements) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rodger Tepe, PhD

636-230-1925rodger.tepe@logan.edu

John Zhang, MD, PhD

636-230-1920john.zhang@logan.edu

Locations

Logan College of Chiropractic

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63017

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Jul 29, 2008

Last verified

Jul, 2008

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2008-07-29.