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NCT03850405: CHOCO-diet

Dark Chocolate, Cholesterol and Microbiota

Status unknown NA Last updated 17 April 2019
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Dark Chocolate in Dyslipidemias in 40 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline
1 May 2019
Primary endpoint
1 July 2019
1 March 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Bari
PhaseNA
StatusStatus unknown
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment40
Start date1 May 2019
Primary completion1 July 2019
Estimated completion1 March 2020
Sites1 location across Italy

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Bari

Who can join

Adults 40 to 60, any sex, with Dyslipidemias or Hypertriglyceridemia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Scientific evidence shows that a major consume of flavonoids is associated with a minor risk of coronary disease and a modification of the gut microbiome profile. Dark chocolate has a major quantity of flavonoids by weight in comparison to wine, dark tea, blueberry juice, apples and, in particular the flavanols (i.e. catechin, epicatechin and procyanidin) can have protective and metabolic effects with reduction of the insulin resistance and improvement of the endothelial function in adults. In line with the aforementioned evidence, the present study has the aim of analyze the effect of dark chocolate (70%) on cardiovascular risk and on the metabolism in a population with mild dyslipidemia.

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