Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02080845
Effects of a Cocoa Shot on the Human Brain 2
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 24 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 55 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The Hershey Company is interested in investigating the effects of various chocolate beverages on brain physiology and cognitive function. The main substances in the drinks that are known to influence the brain are caffeine and related chemicals such as theobromine. Caffeine and chemicals related to caffeine are all naturally occurring and all potentially alter brain physiology. This study will evaluate changes in brain blood flow and cognition following the consumption of drinks with various combinations of the Primary Ingredients. The study proposed here will evaluate ingredients in a 4-arm cross-over double-blind design in an attempt to understand the differential effects of these compounds in chocolate drinks.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | no caffeine | |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | high caffeine | |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | no theobromine | |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | low theobromine | |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | high theobromine |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-02-01
- Completion
- 2015-03-01
- First posted
- 2014-03-06
- Last updated
- 2018-07-18
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02080845. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.