Jill Alison Metz

US Patent:

56394713, Jun 17, 1997

Filed:

Jun 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/469516

Inventors:

Allen Chait - Seattle WA
Dan Hatton - Portland OR
R. Brian Haynes - Dundas, CA
Chor San Heng Khoo - Mt. Laurel NJ
Penny Kris-Etherton - State College PA
R. David C. Macnair - King of Prussia PA
David McCarron - Portland OR
Jill Metz - Portland OR
Suzanne Oparil - Birmingham AL
Xavier Pi-Sunyer - New York NY
Larry Resnick - West Bloomfield MI
Judith S. Stern - Lafayette CA
Paula J. Ziegler - Cherry Hill NJ

Assignee:

Campbell Soup Company - Camden NJ

International Classification:

A61K 4700

US Classification:

424439

Abstract:

The invention is a method for determining the effectiveness of a diet program for administration to a patient having at least one diet-responsive condition. The method includes the steps of selecting a plurality of patients, each having at least one diet-responsive condition; identifying at least one quantifiable indicator of each of the diet-responsive conditions and measuring the at least one indicator for each of the patient during a four week baseline period; and monitoring each of the patients during the baseline period to determine a baseline quality of life. The plurality of patient are divided randomly between a first group and a second group. The diet program is administered to each of the patients in the first group during a ten week intervention period and each of the patient in the second group is maintained on a control diet with known beneficial effects on the at least one diet-responsive condition during the intervention period. The at least one indicator of each of the conditions is monitored for each of the patient after the intervention period.