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Registration number
ACTRN12610000261011
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
26/03/2010
Date registered
30/03/2010
Date last updated
11/07/2012
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
The effect of diet on acne in adolescent males
Scientific title
The effect of the glycemic index of carbohydrates on facial acne vulgaris lesion severity and hormones in adolescent males over 8 weeks
Secondary ID [1] 1561 0
Nil
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
U1111-1114-5335
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Acne vulgaris 257040 0
Condition category
Condition code
Skin 257200 257200 0 0
Dermatological conditions
Diet and Nutrition 257210 257210 0 0
Other diet and nutrition disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Adolescent males were alternately allocated to the intervention treatment (low glycemic index (GI) diet) or the comparator treatment (high GI diet) for a period of 8 weeks. Low GI foods included verified low GI brands of muesli and a processed fruit snack, and lasagne (average daily GI of low GI diet intervention was 51). Macronutrient and energy intakes were similar between this intervention group and the comparison group (high GI). Severity of inflammatory lesions on the face, insulin sensitivity (homeostasis modelling assessment of insulin resistance), androgens and insulin-like growth factor-1 and its binding proteins were assessed at baseline and 8 wk, a period corresponding to the school term.
Intervention code [1] 256215 0
Lifestyle
Intervention code [2] 256216 0
Treatment: Other
Comparator / control treatment
The comparator treatment was a high GI diet administered over 8 weeks. This was assumed to be a reflection of a typical teenage diet. This diet included verified high GI brands of wheat breakfast biscuits and a processed fruit snack, and baked potato with chili con carne. The average daily GI consumed was 61. Macronutrient and energy intakes were similar between this comparison group and the intervention group (low GI).
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 258090 0
Severity of facial acne lesions as outlined below. A dermatologist who was blind to diet allocation assessed facial acne severity by examining the number and degree of inflammation of inflammatory lesions (papules, pustules and nodules, not comedones or scars) on the face under bright lighting. Acne was graded on a scale from 0 to 3: 0 = no acne, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate and 3 = severe. Photographs were taken of the forehead and right and left cheeks. Two subjects were chosen at random for repeat assessment by the same dermatologist to determine intra-observer variation (0%). When illness precluded the attendance of the first dermatologist, a second dermatologist completed some of the final assessments. The first dermatologist later graded photographs from these assessments and an average was taken from the two grades of facial acne severity.
Timepoint [1] 258090 0
0 and 8 wk
Secondary outcome [1] 263698 0
Blood variables:
Glucose (mmol/L)
Insulin (pmol/L)
HOMA-IR
Testosterone (nmol/L)
SHBG (nmol/L)
FAI (nmol/L)
DHEA-S (?mol/L)
IGF-1 (nmol/L)
IGFBP-1 (ng/mL)
IGFBP-3 (?g/mL)

DHEA-S = dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, FAI = free androgen index, HOMA-IR = homeostasis modelling assessment of insulin resistance, IGF-1 = insulin-like growth factor-1, IGFBP-1 and -3 = insulin like growth factor binding proteins -1 and -3, SHBG = sex hormone binding globulin.
Timepoint [1] 263698 0
0 and 8 wk

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Healthy adolescent males with acne at a secondary boarding school in Sydney, Australia: acne severity grade 1, 2 or 3, stable weight over the past 3 months and parental/guardian consent.
Minimum age
10 Years
Maximum age
19 Years
Sex
Males
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Key exclusion criteria
The previous use of isotretinoin, antibiotics in the past month, excessive alcohol intake, illicit drugs, smoking, physical or mental illness, food allergy or intolerance, vegetarianism, previous surgery on the gastrointestinal system, black skin (due to difficulty in visualising lesions), or final school examinations in the coming months.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Subjects were alternately allocated to either a high or low GI diet in order of recruitment and allocation was not concealed.
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Subjects were alternately allocated to either a high or low GI diet in order of recruitment
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
29/03/2007
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
58
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 256716 0
University
Name [1] 256716 0
The University of Sydney
Country [1] 256716 0
Australia
Primary sponsor type
University
Name
The University of Sydney
Address
Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular Bioscience G08, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 256004 0
None
Name [1] 256004 0
Address [1] 256004 0
Country [1] 256004 0
Other collaborator category [1] 1169 0
University
Name [1] 1169 0
Department of Dermatology, Central Clinical School, The University of Sydney
Address [1] 1169 0
C22 Concord Hospital, 1 Hospital Road,
Concord, NSW 2137
Country [1] 1169 0
Australia
Other collaborator category [2] 1170 0
University
Name [2] 1170 0
Macquarie University
Address [2] 1170 0
Department of Statistics, Balaclava Road, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
Country [2] 1170 0
Australia

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 258728 0
The University of Sydney Human Research Ethics Committee.
Ethics committee address [1] 258728 0
Research Office
Level 6, Jane Foss Russell Building G02
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Ethics committee country [1] 258728 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 258728 0
Approval date [1] 258728 0
29/03/2007
Ethics approval number [1] 258728 0
9465

Summary
Brief summary
We hypothesised that in the context of weight maintenance and identical macronutrient (e.g. carbohydrate) and fibre intake, the replacement of high GI carbohydrates with low GI carbohydrates would improve acne severity by lowering blood insulin concentrations. We studied adolescent males attending boarding school so that food intakes could be more easily controlled.
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 30985 0
Address 30985 0
Country 30985 0
Phone 30985 0
Fax 30985 0
Email 30985 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 14232 0
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller
Address 14232 0
Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular Bioscience G08, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Country 14232 0
Australia
Phone 14232 0
+61 2 9351 3759
Fax 14232 0
+61 2 9351 6022
Email 14232 0
[email protected]
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 5160 0
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller
Address 5160 0
Human Nutrition Unit, School of Molecular Bioscience G08, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Country 5160 0
Australia
Phone 5160 0
+61 2 9351 3759
Fax 5160 0
+61 2 9351 6022
Email 5160 0
[email protected]

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Results publications and other study-related documents

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Documents added automatically
SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
Dimensions AIEffect of the Glycemic Index of Carbohydrates on Acne vulgaris2010https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2101060
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