NCT01568983

The Effects of Polyphenol-rich Berry Juice on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Subjects

The Effects of Polyphenol-rich Berry Juice on Blood Pressure and Additional CVD Related Parameters in Pre-hypertensive Subjects

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 153 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oslo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of berry juices containing different levels of polyphenols on blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors. The study is a 12 week double blinded randomized controlled intervention trial. The subjects will be divided in three groups where one receives a placebo juice while the two other will consume 0.5 liter of juice containing different levels of polyphenols. Blood pressure will be monitored and blood samples will be taken.

Conditions

• Pre-hypertension
• Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	500 ml/day Per 100g 6.25 g sucrose 6.25 g maltodextrin 1.3 g citric acid E330 (pH 3.0) 2.5 g Carmine solution E120 (4% carmine colouring agent) 0.025 g blueberry aroma Potassium sorbate E202 water
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Mana-juice	500 ml/day of a grape,cherry, bilberry,aronia juice 13g carbohydrates/100g 150mg K/100g
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Optijuice	500 ml/day of a Grape,cherry, bilberry,aronia, black current juice 13g carbohydrates/100g 150mg K/100g

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2012-04-02
• Last updated: 2012-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway