Short-term Health Effects of Wild Blueberry Juice Consumption
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02139878 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 15, 2014
Results First Posted : February 17, 2017
Last Update Posted : March 28, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pre-diabetes | Other: Wild blueberry juice Other: Placebo wild blueberry juice | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 20 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Participant) |
Primary Purpose: | Other |
Official Title: | Short-term Health Effects of Wild Blueberry Juice Consumption |
Study Start Date : | May 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Wild blueberry juice
240 ml wild blueberry juice
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Other: Wild blueberry juice |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo wild blueberry juice
240 ml placebo wild blueberry juice
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Other: Placebo wild blueberry juice |
- Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: Up to 4 weeks ]Systolic blood pressure
- Glucose [ Time Frame: Up to 4 weeks ]Plasma blood glucose concentrations

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes
Exclusion Criteria:
- have a body mass index of less than 20 and greater than 45 kg/m2.
- are less than 21 and greater than 65 years old at beginning of study
- have smoked or used tobacco within 6 months prior to the start of the study
- are pregnant, plan to become pregnant or become pregnant during the study
- have a history or presence of kidney disease, liver disease, certain cancers, gastrointestinal, other metabolic diseases, or malabsorption syndromes
- have type 2 diabetes and need to use oral diabetic drugs or insulin
- have an allergy or adverse reaction to blueberries

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02139878
Canada, Prince Edward Island | |
University of Prince Edward Island, Health Sciences | |
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, C1A 4P3 |
Principal Investigator: | Katherine Gottschall-Pass, PhD, RD | University of Prince Edward Island |
Responsible Party: | Kim Stote, Research Chair of Nutrisciences and Health, University of Prince Edward Island |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02139878 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
UPEI HS 01 |
First Posted: | May 15, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 17, 2017 |
Last Update Posted: | March 28, 2017 |
Last Verified: | December 2016 |
Prediabetic State Diabetes Mellitus Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |