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Chocolate Consumption in Healthy Pregnant Women Trial

NCT01659060 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2012-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to to test the feasibility of design methods and procedures for later use on a larger scale and to examine the acute and chronic effect of consumption of flavanol-rich chocolate on endothelium function and blood pressure in healthy pregnant women.

Conditions

  • Hypertension Pregnancy-induced

Interventions

OTHER

Flavanol-rich dark chocolate

The primary objective of this pilot RCT is to test the feasibility of design methods and procedures for later use on a larger scale. The secondary objective is to examine the acute and chronic effect of dark chocolate on endothelial function and blood pressure, among healthy pregnant women.

OTHER

Placebo Chocolate

Placebo intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laval University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sylvie Dodin, MD · Laval University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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