NCT03850275

The Effects of e+Shots Energy Beverage on Mental Energy

The Effects of E+Shots Energy Beverage on Mood, Cognitive Function, Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Fine Motor Task Performance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Clarkson University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the research project is to determine the changes in motivation to perform mental and physical tasks, feelings of vigor and fatigue, mental task vigilance and fine motor function after consumption of a commercially available energy product. The purpose of this study is determine whether e+shot, a product containing natural caffeine, will impact mood and performance up to 108 minutes post consumption compared to a sweetened solution containing synthetic caffeine.

Detailed description

Enrolled participants who are low consumers of caffeine will be administered either a placebo (3mg caffeine), caffeinated placebo (\~100mg of caffeine) or e+shot first and then will be crossed over to receive the other two interventions. The study consists of 3 treatment periods of 108 minutes each with a washout period of 48 hours.

Conditions

• Caffeine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Intervention/treatment	Subjects received all 3 interventions Placebo \~3mg caffeine Caffeinated placebo \~100mg caffeine E+shots- The 4oz adaptogen-rich (E+shots) was E+ Shots (Isagenix International, LLC) containing approximately 90mg caffeine from green tea Camellia sinesis leaf extract (50%) and yerba maté extract (25%) along with a proprietary blend of adaptogenic herbs, including: eleutherococcus senticosus, crateagus oxycantha, rhodiola rosea and Schisandra chinensis.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-26
• Primary completion: 2016-12-15
• Completion: 2016-12-15
• First posted: 2019-02-21
• Last updated: 2021-08-02
• Results posted: 2021-08-02