NCT03427658

Repeated Sweet Consumption and Subsequent Sweet Food Preferences and Intake

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 16 May 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Sweet food consumption in Repeated Sweet Food Consumption in 36 participants. Completed in 30 August 2019.

Timeline

12 February 2018

Primary endpoint
1 August 2019

30 August 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Bournemouth University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	36
Start date	12 February 2018
Primary completion	1 August 2019
Estimated completion	30 August 2019
Sites	1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

• Sweet food consumption

Conditions studied

• Repeated Sweet Food Consumption — all drugs for Repeated Sweet Food Consumption →

Sponsor

Bournemouth University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Repeated Sweet Food Consumption. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Food Preferences Primary · Change from Baseline to 1 week

Ratings of three sweet and three non-sweet foods during a taste test (two tests). Measures are made on a visual analogue scale from 0 (not at all) to 100 (extremely), where higher scores denote higher preferences.

Group	Value	95% CI
Increase Sweet Food Consumption	7	± 19
Decrease Sweet Food Consumption	1	± 13

Food Intake Primary · Change from Baseline to 1 week

Amount of sweet and non-sweet foods consumed during breakfast and lunch. Measures are made of grams of each sweet food consumed.

Group	Value	95% CI
Increase Sweet Food Consumption	-24	± 189
Decrease Sweet Food Consumption	-15	± 183

Hunger Ratings Secondary · Change from Baseline to 1 week

Ratings of subjective perceptions (two meals). Measures are made on a visual analogue scale from 0 (not at all) to 100 (extremely), where higher scores denote higher hunger.

Group	Value	95% CI
Increase Sweet Food Consumption	7	± 28
Decrease Sweet Food Consumption	-2	± 35

Sponsor's own description

This study will assess the impact of repeated sweet versus non-sweet food consumption on subsequent sweet and non-sweet food preferences and intakes

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effects of a six-day, whole-diet sweet taste intervention on pleasantness, desire for and intakes of sweet foods: a randomised controlled trial.
   Bielat AD, Rogers PJ, Appleton KM. · · 2025 · cited 2× · PMID 39698772 · DOI 10.1017/s0007114524003209