NCT01444625

Flavanols and Skin Photo Protection: a Clinical Trial

Flavanols and Skin Photo Protection: a Double Blind Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 78 (actual)
• Sponsor: Laval University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 20 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

As flavanols have antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and anti-DNA damaging effects and may increase microcirculation in skin, the purpose of the study is to investigate the chronic effect of flavanol-rich chocolate as an effective strategy to protect against the harmful effect of ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

Detailed description

Recent data suggested that chronic ingestion of high flavanols cocoa might be a promising agent for dietary photo protection against UV light. Moreover, flavanols-rich cocoa intake has been shown to increase microcirculation in human skin.

Conditions

• Solar Skin Damage

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Flavanol-rich chocolate	High-flavanol chocolate, 12 weeks.
OTHER	Flavanol-free chocolate	Flavanol-free chocolate, 12 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2013-05-01
• First posted: 2011-10-03
• Last updated: 2013-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada