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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00952536
Date of registration: 03/08/2009
Primary sponsor: NHS South Birmingham
Public title: Effect of Dietary Intake of Dried Whole Food Concentrates (Juice Plus) on Clinical Outcomes Following Periodontal Therapy: A Pilot Study BHAM-NSA-05-01
Scientific title: The Effect of Daily Dietary Intake of Dried Whole Food Concentrates of Fruit, Vegetables and Berries (Juice Plus+) in Improving Clinical Outcomes Following Non-surgical Periodontal Therapy: a Pilot Study.
Date of first enrolment: February 2005
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00952536
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Iain LC Chapple, BDS FDS PhD
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Affiliation:  The University of Birmingham
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Chronic periodontitis

- Presence of 2 or more sites per quadrant with pocketing or interproximal attachment
loss of greater than 6mm and 1/3rd radiographic bone loss

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with aggressive disease

- Subjects with physical or mental disability

- Pregnant women

- Subjects whose medical history may place them at risk of complications from
periodontal therapy (e.g. need for antibiotic cover, warfarinised subjects)

- Subjects taking long term anti-microbial or anti-inflammatory drugs

- Subjects unable to swallow Juice Plus+ capsules

- Subjects unable to provide informed consent

- Current smokers

- Subjects taking regular vitamin supplementation



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Periodontitis
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Daily Juice Plus+ vegetable & fruit & placebo capsule
Dietary Supplement: Daily Juice Plus+ with vegetable & fruit & berry capsule
Dietary Supplement: Placebo in the form of 6 capsules
Primary Outcome(s)
Primary outcome measure of healing will be increases in attachment level and reduction in probing pocket depths at 3-months. [Time Frame: 3, 6 and 9-months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary outcome measures will be reduction in % sites with disclosed plaque (PS - measured dichotomously at 4 sites per tooth), reductions in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) volume, increases in GCF and plasma TAOC. [Time Frame: 3, 6 and 9-months]
Secondary ID(s)
BHAM-NSA-05-001 vs 11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
NSA, LLC
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