Clinical TrialHighlightedOpen-label trial and randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial of hydrogen-enriched water for mitochondrial and inflammatory myopathiesMHID-2481572PMID: 221466742011Medical Gas ResearchMikako Ito, Tohru Ibi, Ko Sahashi, Masashi Ichihara, Masafumi Ito, Kinji OhnoBackground: Molecular hydrogen has prominent effects on more than 30 animal models especially of oxidative stress-mediated diseases and inflammatory diseases. In addition, hydrogen effects on humans have been reported in diabetes mellitus type 2, hemodialysis, metabolic syndrome, radiotherapy for liver cancer, and brain stem infarction. Hydrogen effects are ascribed to specific radical-scavenging