Clinical Efficacy Trial of Burdock Root Extract in Patients With Asymptomatic Hyperuricaemia

Who May Qualify: - Hyperuricaemia confirmed by a laboratory, uric acid level from 360 to 540 μmol/L in women and from 420 to 540 μmol/L in men; - Age from 35 to 65 years at the baseline; - Patients examined by an experienced specialist not revealing any clinical evidences of gout or other somatic consequences of hyperuricaemia; - Not taking any other nutritional additives; - Women of reproductive age having negative pregnancy test at the baseline and at the end of the trial; - Not taking any diuretics, or their administration based on a regimen usual for a patient, without changes; - Not taking part in any other clinical trials; - Consent and voluntarily signed willing to sign a consent form form for participation in the clinical trial. Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Age \<35 or \>65 years; - Fever (above 36.8 оС); - Pregnancy and lactation; - Patients with any somatic evidences of hyperuricaemia including gout taking antigout drugs during or within 6 months before the trial; - Patients with mental disorders / taking antipsychotics or antidepressants; - Patients not giving (informed) consent to participate in the trial; - Patients causing doubts of the study doctor as to their motivation to comply with the trial; - Presence of any concomitant decompensated diseases or acute conditions able to influence results of the trial; - Alcohol abuse and drug addiction; - Changes in taking diuretics within a month before and during the trial; - Participation in any other clinical trial; - Taking any nutritional additives. Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.