NCT01659060

Chocolate Consumption in Healthy Pregnant Women Trial

Assessment of Blood Pressure and Endothelial Function Pregnancy After Acute and Daily Consumption Flavanol-rich Chocolate Among Healthy Pregnant Women: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: Laval University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to to test the feasibility of design methods and procedures for later use on a larger scale and to examine the acute and chronic effect of consumption of flavanol-rich chocolate on endothelium function and blood pressure in healthy pregnant women.

Conditions

• Hypertension Pregnancy-induced

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Flavanol-rich dark chocolate	The primary objective of this pilot RCT is to test the feasibility of design methods and procedures for later use on a larger scale. The secondary objective is to examine the acute and chronic effect of dark chocolate on endothelial function and blood pressure, among healthy pregnant women.
OTHER	Placebo Chocolate	Placebo intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• Completion: 2009-04-01
• First posted: 2012-08-07
• Last updated: 2012-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada