The LIFE-HOUSE research project is designed to evaluate the impact of a personalized lifestyle intervention program on functional capacity as an approach to quantitating health, and its relationship to well understood disease risk determinants.
LIFE-HOUSE will utilize an innovative Tent-Umbrella-Bucket design.
Participants will gather under the Tent of an all-inclusive 'N of 1' Case Series providing a shelter of Functional Medicine interventions against the storm of chronic disease. Under this Tent are a collection of Umbrellas where participants with similar clinical challenges are evaluated as clinically defined groups with loose guidelines for the planned interventions. Finally, participants standing under these Umbrellas may step into specific Buckets that gather individuals with nearly identical clinical presentations into more formally described prescriptive randomized arms for intervention.
Individuals will be offered the opportunity to participate in all Umbrellas and Buckets for which they qualify. They may accept or reject participation in any Umbrella or Bucket and yet remain eligible for participation in the overall Tent.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Health, Subjective Gastrointestinal Dysfunction Cardiovascular Risk Factor Autoimmune Diseases Dental Diseases Hormone Disturbance Neurocognitive Dysfunction | Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Other: Food plan | Not Applicable |
It has been suggested that the best medicine should value four principles (4P) - medicine should be personalized, predictive, preventative and participatory. This 4P Medicine will thus be personalized and patient centered with a focus on the person who has the disease and not the disease the person has. It will be predictive as it identifies the pre-clinical trend/decline towards illness sooner than onset of symptoms that herald the loss of function and health. It will be preventative as the information gathered should offer opportunities to modify these trajectories towards illness and finally it will be participatory as individuals will be intimately involved in the gathering of data to identify trends and in the application of lifestyle measures to improve their lives.
There is a significant unmet need to identify the value of a personalized lifestyle intervention program for improving functional health outcomes. Whereas disease is well understood from traditional pathology-based indices, health is less easily defined. Historically, healthy has been the default term that is applied to an individual who is not recognized as having a disease. This definition of health as the absence of disease has resulted in the delivery of health and wellness as often lying outside the purview of medicine.
An evolving definition of health, however, is to recognize that it is related to the functional capacity of the individual. Functional capacity can be categorized in four assessment areas: physiological, physical, cognitive and emotional. All four of these subcategories are quantifiable by both qualitative and quantitative metrics. The effects on health of a multi-modal personalized lifestyle medicine intervention program can best be evaluated by using functional determinants.
Functional Medicine is an integrative medicine philosophy that uniquely incorporates 4P Medicine with a focus on function and dysfunction and the necessity to consider the physiological events that determine the balance between the two. The LIFE-HOUSE research project is designed to evaluate the impact of a personalized lifestyle intervention program on functional capacity as an approach to quantitating health, and its relationship to well understood disease risk determinants.
Individuals will be offered the opportunity to participate in all Umbrellas and Buckets for which they qualify. They may accept or reject participation in any Umbrella or Bucket and yet remain eligible for participation in the overall Tent. Due to the structure of the uniquely defined yet overlapping system of Umbrellas and Buckets, a specific Subject may participate consecutively and/or sequentially in a series of Umbrella and Buckets as applicable and their data may be included in multiple Umbrella and Bucket analyses.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | LIFE-HOUSE: A Lifestyle Intervention and Functional Evaluation - a Health Outcomes Survey |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 1, 2018 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2021 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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N of 1 Tent
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group (both an employee population and those recruited from practitioner practices) inclusive of all study Participants and specifically generally healthy individuals, those with established disease/conditions requiring a personalized approach, those with diseases/conditions currently with low prevalence in our study population and those women currently pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Wellness Umbrella
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of individuals characterized by minimal physical complaints and laboratory biomarkers of modest clinical significance.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Elevated Homocysteine Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for individuals from the Wellness Umbrella with elevated homocysteine level ≥ 10.4 µmol/L.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Dental Health Umbrella
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of individuals with established dental disease.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Immune Health Umbrella
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of individuals with autoimmune/inflammatory conditions (excluding metabolic disorders/atherosclerosis)
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Elevated Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA) Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with elevated levels of antinuclear antibodies (preclinical symptomatology only).
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Autoimmune Conditions Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with an established diagnosis of an autoimmune conditions (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis) with ANA level >1:80 titer, rheumatoid factor (RF) ≥ 14 IU/ml, fecal calprotectin ≥ 50 mcg/g and thyroid autoantibody levels specifically thyroglobulin antibodies ≥ 115 IU/ml and/or thyroid peroxidase antibodies ≥ 35 IU/ml.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Symptomatic Fatigue/Myalgias Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad employee health group with symptoms of persistent fatigue and myalgias.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Gastrointestinal Health Umbrella
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with conditions associated with issues of gastrointestinal health and of environmental toxicity or dysfunction related to detoxification of external toxins and internal metabolites.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with conditions associated with issues of gastrointestinal health.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Detoxification Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals with conditions associated with issues of environmental toxicity or dysfunction related to detoxification of external toxins and internal metabolites.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Wellness Detoxification Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of individuals characterized by minimal physical complaints and normal biomarkers.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Metabolic Health Umbrella
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of participants classified as desirable weight with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia).
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Consequences of Metabolic (Dys)function Bucket C/S Design
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of participants classified as desirable weight with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia). C/S = crossover
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Consequences of Metabolic (Dys)function Bucket R/I Design
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a broad group of participants classified as desirable weight with markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia). R/I = randomization/inclusion
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Ketogenic Product Development Exploratory Group
Subgroup investigation in participants (classified as desirable weight with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia or overweight/obese with and without markers of dysglycemia/dyslipidemia) during their 8- or 12-week ketogenic program intervention phase
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Reproductive Health Umbrella
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of participants with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health (including polycystic ovary syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, peri-menopause and menopausal conditions, women currently pregnant or breastfeeding, testosterone deficiency and andropause/late onset hypogonadism, and prostate health).
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Perimenopausal and Menopausal Transitions Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of women with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health specifically peri-menopause and menopausal conditions.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Premenstrual Syndrome Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of women with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health specifically premenstrual syndrome.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of women with PCOS with signs/symptoms/biomarkers of both metabolic dysfunction and hormonal derangements.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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Andropause/Late Onset Hypogonadism Bucket
Personalized dietary supplements, food plans, and behavioral change support program for a group of men with conditions associated with reproductive and hormonal health specifically testosterone deficiency and andropause/late onset hypogonadism.
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Dietary Supplement: Supplements and/or medical foods
Personalized dietary supplementation (e.g., multivitamins/minerals, probiotics, specialized pro-resolving mediators, marine oil, vitamin D, hormone support, methylation support, protein drink, phytochemicals, neurocognitive support, targeted ingredients)
Behavioral: Behavioral change support program Program to implement lifestyle and behavioral change according to individuals' need.
Other: Food plan Personalized food plan (e.g., basic wellness food plan, cardiometabolic food plan, high protein high phytonutrient food plan, ketogenic food plan, detoxification food plan, anti-inflammatory food plan, neuro food plan)
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BAI is a multiple-choice self-report inventory that is used for measuring the severity of anxiety in children and adults.The BAI contains 21 questions, each answer being scored on a scale value of 0 (not at all) to 3 (severely). Higher total scores indicate more severe anxiety symptoms. The standardized cutoffs[4] are:
0-7: minimal anxiety 8-15: mild anxiety 16-25: moderate anxiety 26-63: severe anxiety
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Gender Based Eligibility: | Yes |
Gender Eligibility Description: | Employee health program inclusive of all gender and non-binary descriptions. |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
General Inclusion Criteria for 'N of 1' Tent:
General Exclusion Criteria for 'M of 1' Tent:
The following describes specific inclusion and/or exclusion criteria applicable to individual study arms.
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Wellness Umbrella:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Elevated Homocysteine Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Dental Health Umbrella:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Neurological Health Umbrella:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions Umbrella:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Elevated ANA Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Autoimmune Conditions Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Symptomatic Fatigue and Myalgia Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Two of the following five features have been generally present for at least 3 months:
Gastrointestinal Health Umbrella:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
IBS Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Detoxification Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Wellness Detoxification Bucket:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Metabolic Health Umbrella:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Consequences of Metabolic Function/Dysfunction Bucket - Crossover Design:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Consequences of Metabolic Function/Dysfunction Bucket - Randomization/Inclusion Design:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Reproductive Health Umbrella:
Specific Inclusion Criteria:
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First Submitted Date ICMJE | June 15, 2019 | ||||||
First Posted Date ICMJE | July 2, 2019 | ||||||
Last Update Posted Date | January 27, 2021 | ||||||
Actual Study Start Date ICMJE | September 1, 2018 | ||||||
Actual Primary Completion Date | December 31, 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||||
Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
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Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||||
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Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
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Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||||
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||||
Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||||
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Brief Title ICMJE | Personalized Lifestyle Intervention for Improving Functional Health Outcomes Using N-of-1 Tent-Umbrella-Bucket Design | ||||||
Official Title ICMJE | LIFE-HOUSE: A Lifestyle Intervention and Functional Evaluation - a Health Outcomes Survey | ||||||
Brief Summary |
The LIFE-HOUSE research project is designed to evaluate the impact of a personalized lifestyle intervention program on functional capacity as an approach to quantitating health, and its relationship to well understood disease risk determinants. LIFE-HOUSE will utilize an innovative Tent-Umbrella-Bucket design. Participants will gather under the Tent of an all-inclusive 'N of 1' Case Series providing a shelter of Functional Medicine interventions against the storm of chronic disease. Under this Tent are a collection of Umbrellas where participants with similar clinical challenges are evaluated as clinically defined groups with loose guidelines for the planned interventions. Finally, participants standing under these Umbrellas may step into specific Buckets that gather individuals with nearly identical clinical presentations into more formally described prescriptive randomized arms for intervention. Individuals will be offered the opportunity to participate in all Umbrellas and Buckets for which they qualify. They may accept or reject participation in any Umbrella or Bucket and yet remain eligible for participation in the overall Tent. |
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Detailed Description |
It has been suggested that the best medicine should value four principles (4P) - medicine should be personalized, predictive, preventative and participatory. This 4P Medicine will thus be personalized and patient centered with a focus on the person who has the disease and not the disease the person has. It will be predictive as it identifies the pre-clinical trend/decline towards illness sooner than onset of symptoms that herald the loss of function and health. It will be preventative as the information gathered should offer opportunities to modify these trajectories towards illness and finally it will be participatory as individuals will be intimately involved in the gathering of data to identify trends and in the application of lifestyle measures to improve their lives. There is a significant unmet need to identify the value of a personalized lifestyle intervention program for improving functional health outcomes. Whereas disease is well understood from traditional pathology-based indices, health is less easily defined. Historically, healthy has been the default term that is applied to an individual who is not recognized as having a disease. This definition of health as the absence of disease has resulted in the delivery of health and wellness as often lying outside the purview of medicine. An evolving definition of health, however, is to recognize that it is related to the functional capacity of the individual. Functional capacity can be categorized in four assessment areas: physiological, physical, cognitive and emotional. All four of these subcategories are quantifiable by both qualitative and quantitative metrics. The effects on health of a multi-modal personalized lifestyle medicine intervention program can best be evaluated by using functional determinants. Functional Medicine is an integrative medicine philosophy that uniquely incorporates 4P Medicine with a focus on function and dysfunction and the necessity to consider the physiological events that determine the balance between the two. The LIFE-HOUSE research project is designed to evaluate the impact of a personalized lifestyle intervention program on functional capacity as an approach to quantitating health, and its relationship to well understood disease risk determinants. Individuals will be offered the opportunity to participate in all Umbrellas and Buckets for which they qualify. They may accept or reject participation in any Umbrella or Bucket and yet remain eligible for participation in the overall Tent. Due to the structure of the uniquely defined yet overlapping system of Umbrellas and Buckets, a specific Subject may participate consecutively and/or sequentially in a series of Umbrella and Buckets as applicable and their data may be included in multiple Umbrella and Bucket analyses. |
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Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||||
Study Phase ICMJE | Not Applicable | ||||||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment Masking: None (Open Label) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
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Publications * | Not Provided | ||||||
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Information | |||||||
Recruitment Status ICMJE | Active, not recruiting | ||||||
Actual Enrollment ICMJE |
400 | ||||||
Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE |
700 | ||||||
Estimated Study Completion Date ICMJE | December 31, 2021 | ||||||
Actual Primary Completion Date | December 31, 2019 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||||
Eligibility Criteria ICMJE |
General Inclusion Criteria for 'N of 1' Tent:
General Exclusion Criteria for 'M of 1' Tent:
The following describes specific inclusion and/or exclusion criteria applicable to individual study arms. ---------------------------------------------------------- Wellness Umbrella: Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Elevated Homocysteine Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Dental Health Umbrella: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Neurological Health Umbrella: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions Umbrella: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Elevated ANA Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Autoimmune Conditions Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Symptomatic Fatigue and Myalgia Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Gastrointestinal Health Umbrella: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
IBS Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Detoxification Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Wellness Detoxification Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Metabolic Health Umbrella: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Consequences of Metabolic Function/Dysfunction Bucket - Crossover Design: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Consequences of Metabolic Function/Dysfunction Bucket - Randomization/Inclusion Design: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Specific Exclusion Criteria:
Reproductive Health Umbrella: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Perimenopausal and Menopausal Transitions Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Premenstrual Syndrome Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
PCOS Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
Andropause/Late Onset Hypogonadism Bucket: Specific Inclusion Criteria:
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Ages ICMJE | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) | ||||||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | Yes | ||||||
Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||||
Listed Location Countries ICMJE | United States | ||||||
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NCT Number ICMJE | NCT04005456 | ||||||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | LIFEHOUSE-PLMC | ||||||
Has Data Monitoring Committee | Yes | ||||||
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Responsible Party | Metagenics, Inc. | ||||||
Study Sponsor ICMJE | Metagenics, Inc. | ||||||
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PRS Account | Metagenics, Inc. | ||||||
Verification Date | January 2021 | ||||||
ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP |