NCT03382067

Influence of Chocolate With Plant Additives on Episodic Memory in Healthy Subjects Experiencing Test Anxiety

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (actual)
• Sponsor: Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomized, blind parallel group design. Single intake of 55 g high Epicatechin /Melissa dark chocolate containing 160 mg Epicatechin per 55 g serving or single intake of 55 g low Epicatechin/ oat bran white chocolate containing \< 0,00045 mg Epicatechin per 55 g serving. A Total of 128 participants, 64 in each group, approx. equal number of male and female. There will be replacement of Drop-Outs until data from 128 participants are completed. The primary endpoints will be performance in a pictorial memory task and a verbal memory task . The secondary endpoints will be performance in a working memory test, Saliva cortisol, Visual analog scales assessing, anxiety, confidence, interference, solicitude, and excitement.

Conditions

• Test Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	High Epicatechin/ Melissa	Single consumption of a 55g bar of dark chocolate containing: 42.8g Acticoa chocolate + 7.2g caster sugar + 5g Melissa
OTHER	Low Epicatechin/ Oat bran	Single consumption of a 55g bar of white chocolate containing: 50g Lindor chocolate + 5g oat bran

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-04
• Primary completion: 2018-08-31
• Completion: 2018-08-31
• First posted: 2017-12-22
• Last updated: 2018-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland