Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT03758378
Evaluation of Food Additive Contributions to Obesity - Feasibility Study 2
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 2 (actual)
- Sponsor
- McMaster University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The effects of food additives on body weight in humans are largely unknown. This is a before-and-after feasibility study in 5 obese adults who will be followed for 5 months. Eligible participants with meet with the study team and will be taught how to limit the exposure to the studied food additives in their diet. Participants will also be asked to limit eating out to a maximum of 2 days per week. Primary outcomes in this study are recruitment rate, retention rate and adherence to the proposed dietary intervention.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Dietary intervention | Limiting dietary exposure to high intensity sweeteners and sugar alcohols; limiting eating out to a maximum of 2 days per week. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-11-12
- Primary completion
- 2019-05-01
- Completion
- 2019-05-01
- First posted
- 2018-11-29
- Last updated
- 2019-08-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03758378. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.