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Cocoa Flavanols and Exercise Capacity

NCT01259739 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2013-11-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to characterize the potential improvement of cocoa flavanols on exercise capacity in highly trained cyclist. A placebo-controlled double-blinded randomized control study will be performed in 13 highly trained cyclist (crossover design). Participants will perform a baseline exercise testing on an ergometer. They will receive either a flavanol-poor or flavanol rich cocoa drink twice daily for one week before a second and third exercise testing is performed. The order of drinks is randomized and balanced (high-flavanol--\>low-flavanol drink or low-flavanol drink--\>high-flavanol drink)

Conditions

  • Exercise Capacity

Interventions

OTHER

Cocoa

dissolved in water twice-daily intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tienush Rassaf, MD, PhD · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany

  • Malte Kelm, MD, PhD · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
36 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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