The Effect of Oat Based Breakfast Cereals on Satiety and Food Intake

December 17, 2015 updated by: Frank Greenway, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

The Effect of Oat Based Breakfast Cereals on Satiety and Food Intake.

This study is to determine if two breakfasts of equivalent calories, an oat based breakfast cereal or a ready-to-eat cereal, provide the same satiety benefits. The study will also determine if the two calorically equivalent oat-based breakfast cereals give different caloric intakes at a lunch meal that participants will eat to their satisfaction.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

The Second trial (Period 2): An additional 48 healthy men and women 18 years of age or older will be enrolled to investigate the satiety and food intake at lunch after a breakfast consisting of one of two randomly assigned oat-based cereals and milk breakfast. Visual analogue scales of hunger and satiety will be completed before breakfast and at, 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following consumption. Subjects will be asked to eat Lunch until satisfied. The subjects will have the two breakfasts in a balanced and random order and the two meal tests will be separated by at least a week.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

47

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Louisiana
      • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
        • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older and are healthy.
  • Taking no regular medications other than birth control or hormone replacement therapy.
  • Are willing to use an effective method of birth control if you are capable of bearing children. Acceptable methods include abstinence, barrier methods, intrauterine devices, and hormonal methods of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Are a woman who is pregnant or nursing a baby.
  • Have gained or lost 8.8 pounds or more in the last 3 months.
  • Have diabetes or a fasting blood sugar over 126 mg/dL.
  • Have a score of 14 or greater on the restraint scale of the 3-factor eating questionnaire (a questionnaire which will be given to you by the study staff).
  • Are allergic to oats, lactose-free milk, Honey Nut Cheerios or oatmeal.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Test cereal 1, Oat-based
The purpose of this arm is to determine if a breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat based cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch.
The study design is a lunch that will be presented 4 hours after the start of breakfast. Subjects will be asked to eat until satisfied and food intake will will be measured. The effect on hunger and satiety will be measured using visual analog scales before breakfast and at 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following consumption.
The study design is a two visit trial with each subject randomly receiving one of the cereals at each visit separated by at least a week. A lunch will be presented 4 hours after the start of breakfast. Subjects will be asked to eat until satisfied and food intake will be measured. The effect on hunger and satiety will be measured using visual analog scales before breakfast and at 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following consumption.
Experimental: Test Cereal 2, Oat based
The purpose of this arm is to determine if a breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat based ready-to-eat cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch.
The study design is a lunch that will be presented 4 hours after the start of breakfast. Subjects will be asked to eat until satisfied and food intake will will be measured. The effect on hunger and satiety will be measured using visual analog scales before breakfast and at 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following consumption.
The study design is a two visit trial with each subject randomly receiving one of the cereals at each visit separated by at least a week. A lunch will be presented 4 hours after the start of breakfast. Subjects will be asked to eat until satisfied and food intake will be measured. The effect on hunger and satiety will be measured using visual analog scales before breakfast and at 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following consumption.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Satiety Impact
Time Frame: Baseline to 2 days
Breakfast containing 250 kcal of Oat-based breakfast cereal will cause people to eat less at lunch compared to a breakfast containing 250 kcal of the ready-to-eat oat-based breakfast cereal. Area under the curve (AUC) of appetite and satiety.
Baseline to 2 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Impact on food intake at lunch
Time Frame: Baseline to 2 days

You will fill out a visual analog scales at 30, 60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes following the start of the breakfast meal each day.

Four hours after the start of breakfast, you will be presented with a lunch and will be asked to eat to your satisfaction over 20 minutes. You will be asked how you are feeling periodically throughout the test. Area under the curve for subjective energy measures

Baseline to 2 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 14, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 14, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

August 16, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 18, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 17, 2015

Last Verified

December 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PBRC 12029 (Period 2)

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