NCT01344551

Effects of Cocoa Flavanols on Human Cognitive Function

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Reading · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To determine the acute and chronic effects of cocoa derived flavonoids on cognitive function in healthy older adults.

Detailed description

This is a randomised controlled double blind cross over study investigating the acute effects of high flavanol (495mg) compared to low flavanol (23mg)cocoa drink on cognitive function in a healthy older adult population (n=60). The primary outcome measure of this study is to determine the effects of the flavanol intervention on cognitive measures of executive function and attention and the secondary measures of blood pressure and to determine whether any observed effects are paralleled by plasma flavanol levels.

Conditions

• Neural Degeneration

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Cocoa Drink	High Flavanol (495mg) Low Flavanol (23mg) Matched for macro and micro nutrients

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• Completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2011-04-29
• Last updated: 2013-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom