Clinical Trial: Functional Assessment of Ashwagandaha Root Extract During Weight Loss

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Functional Assessment of Ashwagandaha Root Extract During Weight Loss

Brief Summary: Patients who are involved in a clinical protocol driven 12 week medical weight loss intervention will be randomized to receive either a placebo or 600 mg of an ashwagandha root extract. The study endpoints are primarily the patients self-reported perception of life stress and sleep quality. The working hypothesis of this study is that the addition of aschwagandha to .the medical weight loss program will improve the self-reported perception of life stress and sleep quality

Detailed Summary: During this 12-week medical weight loss program, the randomized patients will also have a baseline measurements and final measurements of blood for selected adipokines , cytokines, and telomerase measurements
Sponsor: Loma Linda University

Current Primary Outcome:

• Perceived Stress Scale PSS [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  Standardized questionnaire
• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index PSQI [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  Standardized questionnaire
• Food Craving Questionnaire - Trait FCQ-T [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  Standardized questionnaire
• Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire TFEQ [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
  Standardized questionnaire

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: Loma Linda University

Dates:
Date Received: April 10, 2017
Date Started: July 2017
Date Completion: July 2018
Last Updated: April 12, 2017
Last Verified: April 2017