Effect of Cocoa Supplementation in Training Athletes Microbiota and Metabolome

NCT04444388 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-11-04

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Summary

It has recently been suggested that cocoa may improve exercise performance and recovery. This study aim to evaluate the plasma and fecal metabolome after 10 weeks of cocoa supplementation during the training period in recreational athletes to detect possible metabolites involved in the observed benefits of cocoa in athletes

Conditions

  • Healthy Athletes

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

cocoa

Sachets of 5 grams of cocoa daily supplementation

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Sachets of 5 grams of maltodextrin daily supplementation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Europea de Madrid

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mar Larrosa, PhD · Universidad Europea de Madrid

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-01
Primary Completion
2020-10-01
Completion
2020-10-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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