Effect of Sweetness of the Beverage in Thirst Sensation
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if water and diet soft drinks with different levels of sweeteners have the same effect on thirst.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2012
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 15, 2013
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 18, 2013
CompletedJanuary 18, 2013
January 1, 2013
Same day
January 15, 2013
January 15, 2013
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Motivational Ratings
Participants will rate their hunger, thirst, nausea, mouth dryness, desire to eat, desire to drink using nine point category scales. The unipolar adjective scales were anchored at each end with labels: 1 = not at all and 9 = extremely. Participants also rated their perception about beverage sweetness along nine point hedonic preference scales where 1 = no sweet at all and 9 = extremely sweet
1 day
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Food Behavior After Intervention
1 day
Physiological Parameters
1 day
Amount of water ingested
1 day
Study Arms (3)
Group 1 (placebo) - Water
PLACEBO COMPARATORThis group will drink water in 1st trial
Group 3 (Intervention) - "Low" Sucralose
EXPERIMENTALThis group will drink Decarbonized Pineapple with a 50% decrease of sucralose face to standard beverage in 1st trial
Group 2(Intervention)-"High" Sucralose
EXPERIMENTALThis group will drink Decarbonized Pineapple Diet Soda with a 50% increase of sucralose face to standard beverage in 1st trial
Interventions
Effect of sweetness of the beverage in thirst sensation: The participants will drink Water (control group),"High Sucralose" - Decarbonized Pineapple Diet Soda with a 50% increase of sucralose face to standard beverage, and "Low Sucralose" - Decarbonized Pineapple with a 50% decrease of sucralose face to standard beverage. The beverages will be presented chilled but without ice in 500 ml portions in opaque plastic containers and participants will be asked to consume the entire amount within 15 min.
Eligibility Criteria
You may not qualify if:
- pregnant and nursing women
- smokers
- athletes
- subjects under medication(except oral contraceptives in women)
- body mass index(BMI) between (18,5 - 27,5 kg/m2)
- regular consumers of breakfast
- stable in weight for the past 6 months
- not dieting to gain or lose weight
- like all drinks and food available in study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences - University of Porto
Porto, Porto District, 4200-465, Portugal
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Pedro R Carvalho, PhD Student
FCNAUP
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- DIAGNOSTIC
- Intervention Model
- CROSSOVER
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Invited Assistant
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 15, 2013
First Posted
January 18, 2013
Study Start
February 1, 2012
Primary Completion
February 1, 2012
Study Completion
March 1, 2012
Last Updated
January 18, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-01