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Persea Americana for Total Health (PATH)-2

NCT05941728 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2023-10-13

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of avocado consumption on gastrointestinal health in adults with overweight and obesity. The main questions is aims to answer are:

How does avocado consumption affect the gut microbiome? How does avocado consumption affect thinking? Are there connections between the microbiome and cognition? Participants will be asked to eat provided meals with and without avocados for three 4-week periods. At the end of each 4-week period, participants will be asked to provide stool samples and complete computer games that assess thinking and memory.

Conditions

  • Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

OTHER

Avocado

The intervention treatment will contain avocado

OTHER

Oil + Fiber

The active comparator will contain a snack with oils and fibers that mimic an avocado

OTHER

Average American Diet

The sham comparator will contain foods/beverages that mimic a standard American Diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD · University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-11
Primary Completion
2024-07-31
Completion
2024-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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