Join a 12-week remote study exploring whether a daily supplement containing effera recombinant human lactoferrin, a protein naturally found in milk, affects menopause symptoms, sleep, comfort, and markers of iron and bone health. Everything happens from your home through the Alethios app, with two at-home blood draws by a visiting phlebotomist. Your participation helps build real evidence about what does and does not help women during menopause.
Participation is fully remote and takes place through the Alethios app. You will take 2 capsules once a day for 12 weeks and log it each day, which takes a few seconds. Each week you answer a short check-in about how you are feeling. At the start and at Weeks 4, 8, and 12, you complete a longer set of surveys about your menopause symptoms, sleep, vaginal comfort, and digestion, plus a grip strength test, a 30-second chair test, and a photo of your face taken through the app. A phlebotomist visits your home twice, at the beginning and the end, to draw a small fasted blood sample. You can also connect a smartwatch if you have one, though this is optional.
Complete a short screening questionnaire to confirm you qualify. If eligible, review the study details and sign your electronic consent form through the Alethios platform.
Answer questions about your health and menopause history, complete your first set of surveys, take a photo of your face, and do a short chair exercise. A phlebotomist then visits your home for a fasted blood draw. Your study capsules ship after this step.
Take 2 capsules once a day for 12 weeks and log it in the app. Each week you answer a short check-in. At Weeks 4 and 8 you complete a longer set of surveys along with a grip strength test, a chair test, and a face photo.
At Week 12 you complete your final surveys and physical tests, and a phlebotomist returns for your second blood draw. Adherent participants receive up to $125 in Amazon gift cards.
This study is examining whether effera recombinant human lactoferrin, a protein naturally found in milk, affects the symptoms many women experience after menopause. Lactoferrin plays a role in how the body handles iron and in the immune system, and researchers want to understand whether taking it daily changes menopause symptom burden, sleep quality, vaginal comfort, digestive comfort, physical strength, and blood markers of iron status, inflammation, bone health, and metabolic health. Participants are randomly assigned to one of three doses or to a placebo, and neither participants nor the study team know who is in which group until the study ends.
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