The SMARTY Trial: Evaluating the Effects of Colour of Candy on Perceptions of Taste

Education Clinical Trial

— SMARTY  

Official title:

The SMARTY Trial: Evaluating the Effects of Colour of Candy on Perceptions of Taste. A Randomised Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04175015
• Other study ID #: NUIreland-SMARTY
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 24, 2019
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine if the colour of sweets (candy) effects taste.

Description:

The purpose of this trial is to increase children's awareness of randomised controlled trials and gain insights into the best way to conduct a fair comparison. Everyday children are faced with health claims, some reliable and some not so reliable. The purpose of the SMARTY trial is to help children critically assess and develop a critical eye when it comes to information they encounter every day, in particular when it comes to their health. The SMARTY trial is a pragmatic, two group, parallel, randomised trial.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: November 24, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• parental/guardian consent obtained

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable or unwilling to ingest intervention.

• medical conditions which prohibit ingestion of intervention (ie allergy, intolerance etc)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education

Intervention

Other:
• Smartie© sweet/candy
one chocolate sweet/ chocolate candy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Ireland	National University of Ireland Galway	Galway	Co. Galway

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ireland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Taste	Participants will be asked to indicate on visual scale how much they like the taste of the smartie© they ate using the 'single-item sleep quality scale (SQS)' . The SQS is a self-administered visual analogue scale on which respondents rate the overall quality of sleep over a 7-day recall period on a likert type scaling option from 0 to 10, according to the following five categories: 0 = terrible, 1-3 = poor, 4-6 = fair, 7-9 = good, and 10 = excellent .	15 minutes