NCT04686552

Effect Cinnamon Spice on Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses

Effects of Cinnamon Spice on Postprandial Glucose and Insulin in Normal Weight and Obese Individuals With Pre-Diabetes: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of the proposed study is to investigate the effect of cinnamon on the postprandial glycemic response to a high glycemic index meal in normal and overweight/obese prediabetic subjects

Detailed description

A randomized crossover study design will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the Human Subjects Protection Committee of the University of California, Los Angeles. All subjects will give written informed consent before the study begins. There will be two groups of participants (normal and overweight/obese). Each participant will consume oatmeal prepared with 1 cup of 2% milk served with or without 6 g of ground cinnamon in random sequence. At each meal consumption blood will be collected to measure postprandial glucose and insulin at 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 minutes.

Conditions

• Normal Weight
• Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	cinnamon	6 g of ground cinnamon

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-01-01
• Completion: 2020-01-01
• First posted: 2020-12-28
• Last updated: 2020-12-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States