Clinical trials using functional foods provide unique challenges
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Article Title | Clinical trials using functional foods provide unique challenges |
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ERA Journal ID | 124610 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Brown, Lindsay (Author), Caligiuri, Stephanie P. B. (Author), Brown, Dan (Author) and Pierce, Grant N. (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Functional Foods |
Journal Citation | 45, pp. 233-238 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2018 |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1756-4646 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2018.01.024 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464618300318 |
Abstract | Clinical trials usually evaluate medicines as the intervention of choice to improve health. Changing the intervention to a functional food would appear straightforward, but there are many unique technical issues that will confront the Principal Investigator and research team. These challenges are found in each of the three distinct phases of a trial: the initial organisation of the trial, running the trial, and finally, the dissemination of the data following successful completion of the trial. Each challenge presents very different issues that will limit the conclusions of the trial unless addressed properly. We suggest that careful planning of the trial taking into consideration thirteen important technical parameters can ensure that the data are relevant and lead to reliable conclusions, every bit as valuable as those obtained in trials with medicines. |
Keywords | clinical trial, functional food, natural health products, health food |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 321004. Nutritional science |
321401. Basic pharmacology | |
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Byline Affiliations | School of Health and Wellbeing |
Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine, Canada | |
University of Manitoba, Canada | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4qq2/clinical-trials-using-functional-foods-provide-unique-challenges
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