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Dark Chocolate and Intestinal Motility

NCT03841578 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2019-02-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Following food intake, the body activates several processes to degrade and digest it. Studies show that there is an adaptation of gastric emptying and gastrointestinal motility to a food component; therefore, considering the intestinal adaptation to chocolate, the effect on gastrointestinal motility in relation to the intake of chocolate will be investigated.

The organoleptic perceptions of dark chocolate will also be analyzed to evaluate the appreciation of the product ingested by the subject.

Conditions

  • Gastrointestinal Motility

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Healthy

25g of dark chocolate (70%) will be provided to participants on Phase 1 (organoleptic assessment). On Phase 2 (gastrointestinal motility assessment), they will ingest a standard liquid meal (NutriDrink, 200ml), consisting of 10g of lactulose and 12g of fat

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Bari

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Piero Portincasa, MD, PhD · Clinica Medica "A. Murri", DIMO - University of Bari

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-01
Completion
2020-03-01

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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