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Dietary Supplement

Day-5 postpartum - Active dietary supplement for Postpartum Blues

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Led By Jeffrey H Meyer, MD,PhD,FRCPC

Research Sponsored by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be between 18 and 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up assessment will be done on day-5 postpartum. on the assessment day, the vas will be administered before and after sad mood induction and compared]

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Study Summary

This trial will test whether a dietary supplement is better than placebo at preventing postpartum sad mood.

Eligible Conditions

Postpartum Blues
Healthy Subjects

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ assessment will be done on day-5 postpartum. on the assessment day, the vas will be administered before and after sad mood induction and compared]

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~assessment will be done on day-5 postpartum. on the assessment day, the vas will be administered before and after sad mood induction and compared]

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and assessment will be done on day-5 postpartum. on the assessment day, the vas will be administered before and after sad mood induction and compared] for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Profile of Mood States (POMS) Scores

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Placebo Group

Group I: Day-5 postpartum - Active dietary supplementActive Control1 Intervention

Healthy women on day-5 postpartum. This group is recruited during pregnancy but the main study day, involving the dietary supplement consumption is being done after delivery and during postpartum. Intervention: Full dose dietary supplement Motherwell

Group II: Day-5 postpartum - PlaceboPlacebo Group1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthLead Sponsor

356 Previous Clinical Trials

81,344 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Postpartum Blues

28 Patients Enrolled for Postpartum Blues

Jeffrey H Meyer, MD,PhD,FRCPCPrincipal InvestigatorCentre for Addiction and Mental Health

1 Previous Clinical Trials

28 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Postpartum Blues

28 Patients Enrolled for Postpartum Blues

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this clinical trial accept elderly patients above the age of eighty-five?

"The requirements of this medical trial specify that applicants must be between 18 and 45 years old. There are 50 trials available for younger adults, while the elderly have access to 373 clinical experiments."

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How many participants are currently included in this research project?

"Affirmative. The information available on clinicaltrials.gov reveals that this trial is currently seeking participants, with the initial posting taking place December 1st 2018 and a most recent update on June 2nd 2022. A total of 100 individuals are needed from one site to complete the study."

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Can I receive consideration for participating in this experiment?

"To participate in this clinical trial, subjects must be healthy and between 18 to 45 years of age. The investigators are seeking a total of 100 participants."

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Is there a recruitment process underway for this clinical experiment?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov hosts data that shows this investigation, which was first published on the 1st of December 2018, is currently recruiting participants. To complete the trial 100 individuals must be enrolled from a single location."

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Recent research and studies

Archives of General PsychiatryJournal

Elevated Monoamine Oxidase A Levels in the Brain

Meyer, Jeffrey H., Nathalie Ginovart, Anahita Boovariwala, Sandra Sagrati, Doug Hussey, Armando Garcia, Trevor Young, Nicole Praschak-Rieder, Alan A. Wilson, and Sylvain Houle. 2006. “Elevated Monoamine Oxidase A Levels in the Brain”. Archives of General Psychiatry. American Medical Association (AMA). doi:10.1001/archpsyc.63.11.1209.

Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesJournal

Selective Dietary Supplementation in Early Postpartum Is Associated with High Resilience Against Depressed Mood

Dowlati, Yekta, Arun V. Ravindran, Zindel V. Segal, Donna E. Stewart, Meir Steiner, and Jeffrey H. Meyer. 2017. “Selective Dietary Supplementation in Early Postpartum Is Associated with High Resilience Against Depressed Mood”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611965114.

Archives of Women's Mental HealthJournal

No Effect of Oral Tyrosine on Total Tyrosine Levels in Breast Milk: Implications for Dietary Supplementation in Early Postpartum

Dowlati, Yekta, Arun V. Ravindran, Maxim Maheux, Meir Steiner, Donna E. Stewart, and Jeffrey H. Meyer. 2014. “No Effect of Oral Tyrosine on Total Tyrosine Levels in Breast Milk: Implications for Dietary Supplementation in Early Postpartum”. Archives of Women's Mental Health. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1007/s00737-014-0441-8.

Archives of General PsychiatryJournal