Ultra-Processed Foods, Palatability, Appetite, and Gastrointestinal Transit
20 de mayo de 2026 actualizado por: Richard Mattes, Purdue University
Ultra-Processed Foods - Palatability and Appetite
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how food processing level affects appetite and gastrointestinal transit time when meal palatability is changed.
Participants will complete one screening visit and four test visits.
During each test visit, participants will consume one of four meals that differ by food processing level and palatability: high-palatability ultra-processed food, low-palatability ultra-processed food, high-palatability non-ultra-processed food, or low-palatability non-ultra-processed food.
The main questions this study aims to answer are whether food processing and palatability affect appetite sensations and gastrointestinal transit time.
Participants will rate appetite sensations during each test visit and provide breath samples to measure gastrointestinal transit time.
Descripción general del estudio
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Terminado
Condiciones
Condiciones
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Descripción detallada
This is a randomized crossover trial examining the effects of food processing level and palatability on appetite and gastrointestinal transit time.
Participants will complete a screening visit followed by four test visits, with each test visit separated by at least one week.
Each participant will consume all four test meals: high-palatability ultra-processed food, low-palatability ultra-processed food, high-palatability non-ultra-processed food, and low-palatability non-ultra-processed food.
Palatability will be reduced by adding bitter melon powder to the low-palatability meals.
During each test visit, participants will consume the assigned test meal containing lactulose as a marker of gastrointestinal transit time.
Breath samples will be collected to assess orocecal transit time using hydrogen analysis.
Participants will also rate meal palatability and appetite sensations, including hunger, fullness, desire to eat, amount they could eat, and thirst, using visual analog scales during the test visit.
Tipo de estudio
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
Inscripción
40
Fase
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Indiana
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West Lafayette, Indiana, Estados Unidos, 47907
- Purdue University
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Individuals aged 18 to 60 years.
- Any sex, gender, or orientation.
- Self-reported good health.
- No medication use.
- No allergies or food sensitivities to any of the foods used in the study.
- No anticipated change in physical activity during the study period.
- Willingness to complete all planned study activities, including the screening visit and four test visits.
- At screening, participants must rate the selected high-palatability foods between 60 and 90 on a 100-unit visual analog scale, where 100 = extremely palatable.
- At screening, participants must rate the selected low-palatability foods between 10 and 40 on a 100-unit visual analog scale.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Younger than 18 years or older than 60 years.
- Current medication use.
- Allergies or food sensitivities to any study foods.
- Not meeting the required palatability rating ranges during screening.
- Anticipated change in physical activity during the study period.
- Not self-reporting good health.
- Unwillingness or inability to complete the planned study activities.
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Ciencia básica
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación cruzada
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Número de brazos
4
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazoGrupo de participantes/brazo |
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Experimental: Palatable Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume a palatable ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Participants will consume a palatable ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
The meal will consist of commonly available ultra-processed food items and will be used to assess appetite sensations, meal palatability, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Experimental: Unpalatable Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume an unpalatable ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
Palatability will be reduced by adding bitter melon powder.
The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Participants will consume an unpalatable ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
Palatability will be reduced by adding organic bitter melon powder to the ultra-processed meal.
The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, meal palatability, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Experimental: Palatable Non-Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume a palatable non-ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Participants will consume a palatable non-ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
The meal will consist of commonly available non-ultra-processed food items and will be used to assess appetite sensations, meal palatability, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Experimental: Unpalatable Non-Ultra-Processed Food
Participants will consume a unpalatable non-ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
Palatability will be reduced by adding bitter melon powder.
The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, palatability ratings, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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Participants will consume an unpalatable non-ultra-processed test meal during one study visit.
Palatability will be reduced by adding organic bitter melon powder to the non-ultra-processed meal.
The meal will be used to assess appetite sensations, meal palatability, and gastrointestinal transit time.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medidas de resultado primarias
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Orocecal Transit Time
Periodo de tiempo: During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
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Orocecal transit time will be assessed using hydrogen analysis of end-alveolar breath samples collected after consumption of each test meal.
Each test meal will contain lactulose as a marker of gastrointestinal transit time.
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During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
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Appetite Sensations
Periodo de tiempo: During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
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Appetite sensations, including hunger, fullness, desire to eat, prospective food consumption, and thirst, will be assessed using 100-mm visual analog scales during each test visit after consumption of the assigned test meal every 30 minutes.
Each visual analog scale ranges from 0 to 100 mm, with higher scores indicating a greater intensity of the rated sensation.
Higher scores are not inherently better or worse outcomes, but reflect greater hunger, fullness, desire to eat, prospective food consumption, or thirst, depending on the item.
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During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
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Meal Palatability Ratings
Periodo de tiempo: During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
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Meal palatability will be assessed using a 100-mm general labeled magnitude scale during each study visit.
The scale ranges from 0 to 100 mm, with 0 mm anchored by "most disliked sensation imaginable," 50 mm anchored by "neutral," and 100 mm anchored by "most liked sensation imaginable."
Higher scores indicate greater liking of the test meal and therefore a more favorable palatability rating.
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During each test visit, up to 4.5 hours after meal consumption
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Patrocinador
Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
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Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
Inicio del estudio
24 de septiembre de 2024
Finalización primaria (Actual)
Finalización primaria
30 de abril de 2026
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
Finalización del estudio
30 de abril de 2026
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
Enviado por primera vez
14 de mayo de 2026
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
14 de mayo de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
Publicado por primera vez
20 de mayo de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
Última actualización publicada
22 de mayo de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
20 de mayo de 2026
Última verificación
Última verificación
1 de mayo de 2026
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Palabras clave
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
Otros números de identificación del estudio
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- IRB-2024-450
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
NO
Descripción del plan IPD
Individual participant data will not be shared because the current IRB-approved protocol does not include a formal plan for external individual participant data sharing.
Study data will be de-identified for analysis, and identifying information will be stored separately from study data.
Code numbers linking participants to their data will be destroyed according to the approved protocol.
No information by which participants can be identified will be released or published.
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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