Status:
COMPLETED
The Acute Effect of Coffee Consumption on Stomach, Self-reported Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Stress.
Lead Sponsor:
Agricultural University of Athens
Collaborating Sponsors:
Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Conditions:
Stress
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-55 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study investigated the acute effect of the consumption of four different kinds of coffee (hot and cold instant coffee, cold espresso and hot filter coffee) with the same caffeine content on saliv...
Detailed Description
Coffee consumption is very common in Greece. Many of the consumers support that certain types of coffee and especially instant coffee cause gastrointestinal symptoms in healthy individuals. Up to now,...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Stable body weight for at least 1 month prior to study enrollment.
Exclusion
- If one volunteer consumed breakfast more than three days a week, their daily caffeine intake was over 500 mg caffeine, was taking medication, their psychological state was strongly influenced by some exogenous factor (e.g. moving to a new house, new job, divorce e.t.c.), was on hypocaloric diet for weight loss, was smoking more than five cigarettes a day, was an athlete with very vigorous physical activity (\> 4 hours vigorous exercise a day), had a history of gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea, ulcers e.t.c.), depression, diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, blood disorders, liver disease, unregulated hyper - or hypothyroidism, arrhythmia, heart disease, cancer, vascular disease, recent surgery, or severe psychiatric disorders was automatically excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02253628
Start Date
February 1 2014
End Date
June 1 2014
Last Update
October 1 2014
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