UMIN ID: UMIN000001336
Registered date:26/08/2008
The efficacy and safety of Mild Electric current and Thermo (MET) in healthy human subjects.
Basic Information
| Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up complete |
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| Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | healthy males |
| Date of first enrollment | 2006/10/01 |
| Target sample size | 10 |
| Countries of recruitment | Japan |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Intervention(s) | Ten healthy male subjects were treated with MET (12V, 55 pulses per second, 30 min at 42 degrees) twice a week for 8 weeks. |
Outcome(s)
| Primary Outcome | Waist circumference, visceral adipose tissue volume, subcutaneous fat tissue volume, several parameters on glucose metabolism |
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| Secondary Outcome |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
| Age minimum | 25years-old |
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| Age maximum | 40years-old |
| Gender | Male |
| Include criteria | |
| Exclude criteria | Diabetes, Metabolic syndrome, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Atherosclerosis |
Related Information
| Primary Sponsor | Kumamoto University |
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| Secondary Sponsor | |
| Source(s) of Monetary Support | Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, |
| Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
| public contact | |
| Name | Tatsuya Kondo |
| Address | 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto Japan |
| Telephone | 096-373-5169 |
| t-kondo@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp | |
| Affiliation | Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Department of Metabolic Medicine |
| scientific contact | |
| Name | Eiichi Araki |
| Address | 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto Japan |
| Telephone | 096-373-5169 |
| Affiliation | Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Department of Metabolic Medicine |