The acceptability and effectiveness of chocolate or tomato extract in reducing blood pressure in people with pre-hypertension: a pilot study.

In people with pre-hypertension, how acceptable and effective are chocolate and tomato extract compared to placebo in reducing blood pressure?

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000047291

Acronym

Enrollment

Registered

2009-01-21

Start date

2007-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study will seek to find out whether cocoa (chocolate) or tomato extract are acceptable to take and effective in reducing the blood pressure of people with blood pressure in the prehypertensive range (80-89 /120-139 mm Hg).

Interventions

Intervention 1: 50G of 70% cocoa chocolate orally daily for 2 months Intervention 2: One capsule of Lyc-o-Mato tomato extract containing 15mg lycopene orally daily for 2 months

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Blood pressure 120-139/80-89 mm Hg

Exclusion criteria

Currently on treatment for hypertension; Diabetic or glucose intolerant; Allergic to or intolerant of tomato or cocoa

Outcome results