A Pilot Laboratory Study Investigating How Physical Tasks and Hunger Affect Taste Perception

Food Consumption Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Pilot Laboratory Study Investigating How Physical Tasks and Hunger Affect Taste Perception

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01758302
• Other study ID #: 2T32HL076134-06XX
• Secondary ID: 2T32HL076134-06
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 19, 2012
• Last updated: December 26, 2012
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: August 2013

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: The Miriam Hospital
• Contact: Xiaomeng Xu, PhD
• Phone: 401-793-8237
• Email: xxu1[@]lifespan.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This one time pilot laboratory study focuses on examining the relationship between different types of physical tasks and taste perception of high and low-calorie foods among hungry individuals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: August 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to travel to laboratory around lunchtime for the study

• Willing to abstain from eating and drinking caloric beverages for at least 4 hours prior to completing the study

• Typically eats lunch

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diabetes, eating disorder, or any other condition that makes it unadvisable for participant to refrain from eating or drinking caloric beverages for 4 hours.

• Food allergies that would prevent participants from eating chocolate chip cookies or vegetables

• Pregnant or lactating

• Typically goes for longer than 5 hours (not counting sleep time) between meals and snacks

• Physical disabilities that would make it difficult for the participant to walk or to use their hands to grasp objects

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Food Consumption
• Perseverance

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Simple physical task
Participants are asked to complete a 1-time simple physical task that is not challenging nor novel (moving small objects across a room).
• Complex physical task
Participants are asked to complete a 1-time physical task that is low intensity but somewhat complex (involves a novel request to move objects in a way that is challenging and requires some coordination).

Other:
• Cookies
Participants are asked to taste test chocolate chip cookies
• Vegetables
Participants are asked to taste test raw celery or radishes

Behavioral:
• No physical task
As a control, for 2 of the arms, participants are not asked to engage in a physical task

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Miriam Hospital	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	physical perseverance	as measured via maintained grip using a hand dynamometer on the dominant hand and set to 70% of participant's maximum grip strength	1 hour	No
Secondary	food preference	Food preference measured via participant's reported ratings after tasting different food.	1 hour	No
Secondary	Amount of food eaten	Amount of food that participants eat will be measured via a food scale at the end of the study.	1 hour	No
Secondary	Mood	Participant's subjective mood will be measured using a mood questionnaire (PANAS).	1 hour	No