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Daily Intake of Cocoa Flavanols and Arterial Stiffness in Humans

NCT03587883 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2022-05-20

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Summary

A randomized, double-masked and cross-over dietary intervention study to investigate the effects of diet supplementation with cocoa flavanols on arterial stiffness in healthy adult human subjects.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

Cocoa flavanols I

Capsules containing Mars Cocoa Extract manufactured by the Cocoapro® process and containing 300mg of cocoa flavanols per capsule consumed for 2 weeks.

OTHER

Control I

Cocoa-based, flavanol-free, control-matched capsules consumed for 2 weeks.

OTHER

Cocoa flavanols II

Capsules containing Mars Cocoa Extract manufactured by the Cocoapro® process and containing 300mg of cocoa flavanols per capsule consumed for 2 weeks.

OTHER

Control II

Cocoa-based, flavanol-free, control-matched capsules consumed for 2 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mars, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of California, Davis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carl L Keen, PhD · UC Davis

  • Javier I Ottaviani, PhD · Mars, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-23
Primary Completion
2021-08-06
Completion
2021-08-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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