Evaluation of Subjective Ratings of Appetite and Glucoregulation of a Low Calorie Diet Supplemented With a High Viscosity Polysaccharide (PolyGlycopleX - PGX)

Blood Glucose, Postprandial Clinical Trial

Official title: A Prospective, Single Crossover, Randomized, Double Blind Placebo Controlled Trial Evaluating Subjective Ratings of Appetite and Glucoregulation of a Low Calorie Diet Supplemented With a High Viscosity Polysaccharide (PolyGlycopleX - PGX) vs. Rice Flour Control, in Overweight and Moderately Obese Females.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of the study is to compare subjective appetite ratings and after-meal and 24 hour blood glucose levels within overweight and obese female subjects consuming either a standardized 3 day low calorie diet supplemented with a viscous fibre known as PGX (treatment) or a rice flour (placebo control). Each treatment phase will be 3 days in length and separated by 3 week washout phase, so subjects will also be acting as their own control. Subjects will be randomized to either start with the low calorie diet with PGX or the low calorie diet supplemented with rice flour. We hypothesize that the 3 day LCD with PGX will elicit an improved appetite score compared to the 3 day LCD supplemented with the rice flour placebo control.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Appetite and Hunger, Suppression
• Blood Glucose, Postprandial

• NCT number: NCT01108328
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Canadian Center for Functional Medicine
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: June 2010
• Completion date: November 2010