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Tomato Juice for Health Study

A study testing High Lycopene Tomato Juice With Soy Germ Extract and Low Lycopene Tomato Juice in people with Healthy Volunteers, run by USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The primary objective of this study is to determine if tomato-soy juice can reduce inflammation, which is linked to chronic disease Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 30 to 75 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Healthy Volunteers
What is being tested?
High Lycopene Tomato Juice With Soy Germ Extract and Low Lycopene Tomato Juice
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
19 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
8 Jan 2019to 25 Aug 2021
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 30 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Between 30 and 75 years old
  • Voluntarily agree to participate and sign an informed consent document

Who cannot join

  • Aged < 30 years or > 75 years
  • Known allergy or intolerance to tomatoes or soy
  • BMI < 30 or > 45 kg/m2
  • Blood plasma glucose > 125 mg/dL
  • Blood plasma/serum triglycerides > 250 mg/dL
  • Blood plasma/serum cholesterol > 240 mg/dL
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  • Diabetes requiring the use of diabetes pills, insulin, or non-insulin shots
  • Previous bariatric or gastrointestinal surgery affecting absorption
  • Suspected or known strictures, fistulas or physiological/mechanical gastrointestinal obstruction
  • Presence of gastrointestinal or malabsorptive disorders (including Crohn's, ileus or ulcerative colitis, or diverticulitis), or nutrient malabsorption disease (such as celiac disease)
  • Presence of autoimmune disease, metabolic disease, liver disorders, or kidney disorders
  • Diagnosis or treatment of certain cancers in the past 3 years
  • Use of tobacco products or marijuana
  • Daily use of anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Use of antibiotics over the previous 3 months
  • Colonoscopy within a month of the study start date or during the study
  • Use of a carotenoid or isoflavone-containing or metabolism-altering supplement for the last 1 month
  • Use of certain medications (prescription or over-the-counter) that may interfere with the study objectives
  • Unable or unwilling to give informed consent or communicate with study staff
  • Other medical, psychiatric, or behavioral factors that in the judgment of the Principal Investigator may interfere with study participation or the ability to follow the intervention protocol

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • USDA-ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

    Beltsville, Maryland, 20705

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: The Influence of Tomato Soy Juice on Inflammation in Overweight and Obese Adults

The primary objective of this study is to determine if tomato-soy juice can reduce inflammation, which is linked to chronic disease

Read the detailed description

The aim of this study is to improve understanding of how diet can ameliorate the state of chronic inflammation. Short term inflammation is an important part of the body's response to injury, but long term inflammation, as happens in the state of obesity, can result in a multitude of secondary problems, like cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Using a novel tomato-soy juice, we aim to demonstrate the potential of tomato-soy juice for reducing inflammation in adults.

Being tested
High Lycopene Tomato Juice With Soy Germ Extract, Low Lycopene Tomato Juice

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • High Lycopene Tomato Juice With Soy Germ ExtractOther

    Tomato juice made from high lycopene tomatoes with soy germ extract added

  • Low Lycopene Tomato JuiceOther

    Tomato juice made from low lycopene tomatoes with no soy germ extract added

Study groups in NCT03783013
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
No Soy and Low Lycopene JuiceOtherParticipants will consume two cans daily of a low lycopene tomato juice in addition to a diet low in lycopene and isoflavones.
Receives: Other: Low Lycopene Tomato Juice
Soy and Lycopene JuiceOtherParticipants will consume two cans daily of a high lycopene tomato juice with added soy germ extract in addition to a diet low in lycopene and isoflavones.
Receives: Other: High Lycopene Tomato Juice With Soy Germ Extract

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Interleukin 6

    Interleukin 6 (IL6) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL6 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 15 of the study

  2. Interleukin 6

    Interleukin 6 (IL6) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL6 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 43 of the study

  3. Interleukin 6

    Interleukin 6 (IL6) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL6 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 71 of the study

  4. Interleukin 6

    Interleukin 6 (IL6) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL6 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 99 of the study

  5. Interleukin 8

    Interleukin 8 (IL8) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL8 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 15 of the study

  6. Interleukin 8

    Interleukin 8 (IL8) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL8 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 43 of the study

  7. Interleukin 8

    Interleukin 8 (IL8) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL8 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 71 of the study

  8. Interleukin 8

    Interleukin 8 (IL8) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. IL8 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 99 of the study

  9. Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

    Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-a) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. TNF-a will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 15 of the study

  10. Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

    Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-a) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. TNF-a will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 43 of the study

  11. Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

    Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-a) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. TNF-a will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 71 of the study

  12. Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha

    Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-a) is a blood cytokine and an indicator of inflammatory status. TNF-a will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 99 of the study

  13. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1

    Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. MCP-1 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 15 of the study

  14. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1

    Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. MCP-1 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 43 of the study

  15. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1

    Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. MCP-1 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 71 of the study

  16. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1

    Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. MCP-1 will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 99 of the study

  17. Interferon Gamma

    Interferon gamma (INF-g) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. INF-g will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 15 of the study

  18. Interferon Gamma

    Interferon gamma (INF-g) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. INF-g will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 43 of the study

  19. Interferon Gamma

    Interferon gamma (INF-g) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. INF-g will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 71 of the study

  20. Interferon Gamma

    Interferon gamma (INF-g) is a signalling molecule and is part of the inflammatory process. INF-g will be measured to determine how the treatment is affecting inflammatory status. Cytokines are measured in units of pg/mL.

    Measured: Day 99 of the study

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Flavonoids/Isoflavones will be measured

    Blood and Urine will be analyzed for flavonoids/isoflavones and their metabolites in units of nanomolar

    Measured: Days 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  2. Carotenoids will be measured

    Blood will be analyzed for carotenoids and metabolites in units of mmolar

    Measured: Days 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  3. Identification of metabolites that change in blood and urine by metabolomics

    Metabolomics is the simultaneous measurement of the many thousand small molecule metabolites. Chromatography separates the metabolites, which are then ionized, then the detector detects the number of ion hits for each ion, which reflects the amount (number of ions) of a particular compound. If the detector detects more of an ion in blood or urine after one treatment vs. another, then the position on the chromatogram (units of time in minutes) and the ratio of the mass (atomic mass units) to charge (unitless) of the compound will be compared to the 75,000 entries in the METLIN metabolite library to identify what the compound is.

    Measured: Days 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  4. Cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells

    Peripheral blood mononuclear cells produce inflammation molecules called cytokines when exposed to an irritant (called the stimulant in the assay). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells will be stimulated with an irritant and cytokine production will be measured in units of pg/ml.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  5. Blood total cholesterol

    Total cholesterol will be measured in blood. Units will be mmol/L.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  6. Blood LDL cholesterol

    LDL cholesterol will be measured in blood. Units will be mmol/L.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  7. Blood HDL cholesterol

    HDL cholesterol will be measured in blood. Units will be mmol/L.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  8. Blood triglycerides

    Triglycerides will be measured in blood. Units will be mmol/L.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  9. Blood glucose

    Glucose will be measured in blood. Units will be mmol/L.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  10. Blood insulin

    Insulin will be measured in blood. Units will be mmol/L.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  11. Blood pressure

    Blood pressure will be measured. Units will be mm Hg.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

  12. High Sensitivity c-Reactive Protein

    High sensitivity c-reactive protein will be measured in blood. Units will be mg/dL.

    Measured: Day 1, 15, 43, 71, 99 of the study

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Dec 2018
  2. Study start8 Jan 2019
  3. Primary completion25 Aug 2021
  4. Study completion25 Aug 2021

Why it stopped: This study was halted prematurely because of research restrictions related to COVID-19

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
19 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03783013
Sponsor's protocol ID
HS61 - Tomato Juice Study
Status last verified
Jun 2022
First submitted
18 Dec 2018
Last updated
10 Jun 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Sholola MJ, Miller J, Bilbrey EA, Novotny JA, Francis DM, Mace TA, Cooperstone JL. Tomato-Soy Juice Reduces Inflammation and Modulates the Urinary Metabolome in Adults With Obesity. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2026 Mar;70(5):e70420. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.70420.

    PubMed 41787829

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing High Lycopene Tomato Juice With Soy Germ Extract and Low Lycopene Tomato Juice in people with Healthy Volunteers, run by USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 20 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Jun 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: This study was halted prematurely because of research restrictions related to COVID-19). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Interleukin 6 (time frame: Day 15 of the study). The study lists 20 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03783013, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Jun 2022.

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