Launceston chilli study

The effect of acute and medium-term chilli-containing foods on glucose tolerance, vascular compliance and other measures of cardiovascular disease risk in young to middle-aged adults: a randomized cross-over trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000458639

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-22

Start date

2005-04-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

A randomized cross-over trial compared the effects of a standard test meal either containing or not containing chilli puree in the context of a chilli-supplemented or chilli-free diet. Each background diet period lasted for 30 days, taken in random order. A chilli-free test meal was administered at day 26 of the chilli-free diet, a chilli-containing test meal at day 30 of the chilli-free diet, and a chilli-containing test meal at day 30 of the chilli-supplemented diet.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

21 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults eating a regular diet (e.g. not shift-work) which normally contains some chilli.

Exclusion criteria

Diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, symptomatic history of cardiovascular disease, tachy-arrythmias, hypertension, morbid obesity, thyroid disease, recent acute intercurrent illness or chronic inflammatory condition: anti-depressants, Viagra or similar, lipid-lowering medication: elite athletes.

Outcome results