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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03983408
Date of registration: 10/06/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Hanyang University
Public title: Impact of Korean Red Ginseng on Fatigue in Patients With Rheumatic Disease
Scientific title: Impact of Korean Red Ginseng on Fatigue in Patients With Rheumatic Disease
Date of first enrolment: June 17, 2019
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03983408
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Name:     Yoon-Kyoung Sung, MD, PhD, MPH
Address: 
Telephone: 82-2-2290-9250
Email: sungyk@hanyang.ac.kr
Affiliation: 
Name:     Yoon-Kyoung Sung, MD, PhD, MPH
Address: 
Telephone: 82-2-2290-9250
Email: sungyk@hanyang.ac.kr
Affiliation: 
Name:     Yoon-Kyoung Sung, MD, PhD, MPH
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Hanyang University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who meet for Classification Criteria for Sjögren's syndrome

- Patients who have experienced fatigue for over 3 months

- Patients aged = 19 and <75

- Patients who provide a written consent of participating in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have experienced hypersensitivity or adverse events to Korean Red ginseng

- Patients who used dietary supplements containing KRG during recent 2 months

- Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding

- Patients who use oral glucocorticoids or opioids continuously

- Patients who had other comorbidities which could lead to fatigue as symptoms including
chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, endocrine disoders, malignancy, or
depression.

- Patients having fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome

- Patients who presented abnormal laboratory findings at the time of enrollment White
blood cell (WBC) = 3.5 x 10^9/L or, Hemoglobin (Hb) = 8.5 g/dL or, Platelet (PLT) =
100 x 10^9/L or, Serum creatinine (Cr) = 2.0 mg/dL or, Aspartate Aminotransferase
(AST) or Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) = 2.5 times of upper limits of normal



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatic Diseases
Sjögren's Syndrome
Korean Red Ginseng
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Korean Red Ginseng
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness-Fatigue (FACIT-F, total score ranged 0 to 52, higher scores respresent less fatigue) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
EuroQol 5 dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D, a person's health status is defined by a 5-digit number, ranging from 11111 [having no problems in all dimensions] to 33333 [having extreme problems in all dimensions]) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
ESSDAI (The EULAR Sjögren's syndrome [SS] disease activity index, total score ranged 0 to 123, higher scroes indicate severe systemic disease activity) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Visual analogue scale-Fatigue (VAS-F, total score ranged 0 [fatigued not at all] to 100 [extremely fatigued]) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
HUHRD-SPE-19-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Korean Society of Ginseng
Ethics review
Results
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