Effect of 4-week Dihydrocapsiate Ingestion on Resting Metabolic Rate

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Obesity, Weight

In brief

A 4 week intake of drug to find a natural substance that may modify energy balance and may enhance health in combination with lifestyle changes with possible decrease in body weight.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00999297

Run by

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

People needed

79

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-20

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men between 20-60 years old
• Healthy as assessed by medical history and standard medical exam
• Weight-stable
• Body mass index of 25 to 34.9 kg/m2
• Non-smoker
• Sedentary lifestyle: not being physically active grater than 3 days/week for 20 min each time for the previous 6 months, and not participating in regular resistance exercise.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects enrolled in a diet to increase or decrease body weight
• Special diet or food aversiions to common foods
• Has allergy to chilli pepper
• Eating chilli peppers on a daily basis
• Usually consuming more than 2 cups of tea or coffee/day
• Usually consuming more than 4 cans of caffeinated soft drinks a day
• Usually consuming more than 3 standard alcohol drinks/day
• Regular use of medications (weight loss drugs, drugs affecting energy metabolism, drugs for depression)
• Usual intake of illicit substances
• Claustrophobia
• Participating or having participated in another clinical trial during the last 4 weeks prior to the beginning of this study

Where it is running

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

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