Status:

COMPLETED

Influence of Chocolate With Plant Additives on Episodic Memory in Healthy Subjects Experiencing Test Anxiety

Lead Sponsor:

Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD

Conditions:

Test Anxiety

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-30 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Randomized, blind parallel group design. Single intake of 55 g high Epicatechin /Melissa dark chocolate containing 160 mg Epicatechin per 55 g serving or single intake of 55 g low Epicatechin/ oat bra...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy by history
  • normotensive (BP between 90/60 mmHg and 140/90 mmHg)
  • BMI between 18 and \< 30 kg/m2
  • male or female
  • aged between 18 and 30 years
  • native or fluent German-speaking
  • Prüfungsangstfragebogen (PAF) total or subscale interference score T value \> 60

Exclusion

  • Known hypersensitivity or allergy to cocoa, Melissa, oat, vanillin, milk, soja, nuts
  • gluten intolerance
  • lactose intolerance
  • acute or chronic psychiatric disorder including drug or alcohol abuse
  • women who are pregnant or breast feeding
  • any clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g., renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease etc., infections)
  • known or suspected non-compliance
  • smoking (\> 5 cigarettes per day)
  • participation in one of our previous studies using the same memory tests in the past 2 years
  • participation in a study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study
  • long-term medication within last 3 months (oral contraceptives are disregarded)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 4 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 31 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

128 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03382067

Start Date

December 4 2017

End Date

August 31 2018

Last Update

September 5 2018

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University of Basel, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience

Basel, Switzerland, 4055