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
Active Locations (1)
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1
University of Basel, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience
Basel, Switzerland, 4055