Vitamin cocktail may fade Age-Related bruises, small study hints
NCT ID NCT06840574
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an 8-week nutritional supplement can reduce actinic purpura (age-related bruising) in 30 healthy adults aged 55 and older. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either the supplement or vitamin C alone. Researchers will track changes in bruise number and size using photos and skin exams.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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55 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female individuals aged ≥ 55 years old. * Self-reported having actinic purpura lesions at the time of enrollment or a history of actinic purpura lesions. * Self-reported not using prescription or over-the-counter products that contain aluminum, iron, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), and/or topical retinol (used locally in areas of bruising). * If on a chronic medication that does not result in exclusion, participant must self-report being on a stable dose for the last 3 months prior to the start of the trial. * Able and willing to read and voluntarily sign the study Informed Consent Form (ICF). * Able and willing to comply with study protocol and all study-related guidelines. * Not concomitantly participating in a study involving nutritional products. Exclusion Criteria: * Not complying with the study protocol. * Having a known allergy or intolerance to nuts, seeds, fruits, vegetables, oils, and fish. * Having a known allergy, intolerance, or dietary restriction to any of the study ingredients (Vitamin C, organic buckwheat (aerial parts) juice powder, organic buckwheat flour, bovine adrenal Cytosol™ extract, oat flour, honey, ascorbic acid, and calcium stearate). * Having a clinically significant condition that is severe, progressive, or uncontrolled and would compromise the study or their well-being or would prevent the participant from meeting or performing study requirements. This includes but is not limited to dysphagia (or difficulty swallowing), liver or kidney disease, bone marrow problems, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, lupus, alcohol misuse, cancer, or HIV and other infections. * Having active dermatological conditions. Patients with active, severe skin conditions that might interfere with the study's conduct or outcomes including widespread psoriasis, untreated chronic skin ulcers, or other severe dermatological disorders.
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Locations
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Standard Process - Nutrition Innovation Center
Kannapolis, North Carolina, 28081, United States
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