The effects of an SPM-enriched marine oil and bioavailable curcumin combination on inflammation-associated discomfort in generally healthy individuals: a virtual open-label pilot study
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Abstract
Abstract Background Acute inflammation is the body’s immediate and well-coordinated response to injury, which if not resolved can lead to a state of chronic inflammation and is an important component of aging-associated pathologies and chronic diseases. Resolution of inflammation has been shown to be highly regulated by several endogenous specialized pro-resolving mediators which are metabolized from dietary omega-3 and -6 fatty acids. The aim of this pilot study was to validate the use of a combination of a specialized pro-resolving (SPM) enriched marine oil supplement and a highly bioavailable curcumin supplement to reduce pain/discomfort in healthy adults. Methods This was a virtual (remote), single-arm open-label study in healthy adults with mild to moderate pain. Twenty-nine individuals were provided with an SPM-enriched marine oil supplement (enriched for three SPM precursors) and a highly bioavailable curcumin supplement to be taken daily for 60 days. The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Short-Form 36 (SF-36) Health Survey and Medical Symptoms Questionnaire (MSQ) were used to evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy in reducing pain/discomfort of inflammation. Results The SF-MPQ showed significant improvement in all aspects of the questionnaire, especially in total pain, pain intensity and pain severity within 30 days of supplementation. Significant improvements were also observed in the physical health domain of the SF-36 health survey, particularly in the areas of pain and physical functioning at both days 30 and 60. No adverse events related to the study materials were reported during the study. Conclusion In conclusion, the combination of anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving supplements may provide a complementary approach for targeting pain/discomfort associated with inflammation. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT04819646 . Registered 29 March 2021 – Retrospectively registered.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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