Appetite and Cognition Response to a Breakfast Cereal

NCT07782229 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 0959
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 184
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine appetite and cognition responses following consumption of a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal.

Conditions

Cognition

Keywords

cognition; appetite

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Rapid Visual Information Processing Task

  This computer-based task requires participants to monitor a continuous stream of digits (1-9) presented one at a time on-screen and press the space bar when they detect three consecutive odd or three consecutive even digits. Both accuracy and reaction time will be evaluated.

  210 minutes

• Visual Analogue Scales for Appetite

  This VAS questionnaire requires participants to score from 0-100 millimeters (mm) on 6 questions relating to: hunger, fullness, satiation, desire to eat, prospective consumption and satisfaction.

  240 minutes

Study Arms (2)

Ready-To-Eat Cereal

EXPERIMENTAL

Packaged ready-to-eat cereal available in retail stores

Other: Ready-To-Eat Cereal

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention (i.e., no food provided)

Interventions

Ready-To-Eat Cereal OTHER

Packaged Ready-To-Eat Cereal product available in retail stores

Ready-To-Eat Cereal

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy adults 18-70 years
• Habitual breakfast cereal consumers (at least several times per month)
• Body mass index 18.5-29.9 kg/m2 (based on self-reported weight and height)
• Understand and willing to follow the study procedures, including having access to a tablet or laptop to use the online platforms for appetite and cognition measurement
• Willing to maintain habitual diet, physical activity pattern, and body weight throughout the trial
• Willing to abstain from strenuous exercise, consuming alcoholic drinks 24 hours before the test day
• Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant or lactating women, or women who are planning to become pregnant during the study
• Known food allergies, sensitivities, or intolerance to any food or food ingredients
• Participating in another clinical trial for food, investigational drug, nutritional supplement, or lifestyle modification
• Taking medications that affect appetite, metabolism or blood pressure
• Presence of acute diseases or infection
• Presence or history of chronic diseases
• Diagnosed with an eating disorder
• Restraint eaters as determined by a score \>4 from the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire1
• Lost or gained 5 or more pounds in the past 3-months
• On a weight loss diet or undergoing intermittent fasting
• COVID-19 infection within the past 3 months
• Subjects who do not eat cereal products
• Subjects who do not understand or are not willing to follow the study procedures

Sponsors & Collaborators

• General Mills: lead

Study Sites (1)

Remote

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55430, United States

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Taylor Banh, PhD

CONTACT

763-764-7600; taylor.banh@genmills.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2026
• First Posted: August 24, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): September 14, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 21, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 21, 2026
• Last Updated: August 24, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)