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Trial of Different Dietary Fats on Blood Lipids and Metabolic Measures in Healthy Participants

NCT03105947 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2017-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a randomised trial in which healthy volunteers, men and women aged 50-75 years from the general community are randomized into one of three arms: participants will be provided with 50 gm extra virgin coconut oil,or 50 grams butter or 50 extra virgin olive oil to be eaten daily for a month. The key outcome is blood low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations and secondary outcomes blood lipid profile (total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides) and anthropometric measures: weight and waist circumference. This trial is powered to detect a difference of 0.5 mmol/L LDL-cholesterol difference between the trial arms.

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Interventions

OTHER

Coconut oil

50g extravirgin coconut oil daily for four weeks

OTHER

Butter

50g butter daily for four weeks

OTHER

Olive oil

50g extra virgin olive oil daily for four weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kay-Tee Khaw, MBBChir · University of Cambridge

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-22
Primary Completion
2017-07-27
Completion
2017-08-10

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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