Genetics and Fat Taste Sensitivity

• Sponsor: St Mary's University College (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT03666182
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 96
• Location: 1
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 2
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 47.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

A cross-sectional quantitative study will be carried out; recruiting female, Caucasian participants aged 18-65 years. The relevance of candidate gene studies is disputed. Research has shown associations between genotype and total fat intake. However, food preference is often described as a result of exposure to food types during upbringing. Many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have been associated with fat taste sensitivity, the majority of research shows that with a reduced sensitivity comes a higher total fat consumption.

This study aims to assess the relationship between rs1761667 genotype, body mass index, fat intake, fat taste sensitivity and fat taste preference.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Obesity; Taste Sensitivity	Other: No Intervention

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Anticipated Enrollment: 96 participants
• Observational Model: Cohort
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: The Relationship Between Genetics, Body Mass Index, Fat Intake, Fat Taste Sensitivity and Food Preference
• Actual Study Start Date: Sep 1, 2018
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Oct 11, 2018
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Nov 1, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Whole Sample Female, Caucasian participants aged 18-65 years.	Other: No Intervention; No Intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Body Mass Index [September - November 2018]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• European Citizen.

• Caucasian

• Aged between 18-65 years.

• Female

Exclusion Criteria:

• Currently following a diet or weight loss plan or have not been for over 6 months of the previous year.

• Suffering from diabetes (type I or II).

• Have cancer, or have not had cancer in the past.

• Smoker.

• Pregnant.

• Lactose intolerant .

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	St Mary's University	London		United Kingdom	TW14SX

Sponsors and Collaborators

• St Mary's University College

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: St Mary's University College
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03666182
• Other Study ID Numbers: SMEC_2017-18_138
• First Posted: Sep 11, 2018
• Last Update Posted: Sep 11, 2018
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2018

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Hypersensitivity

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 11, 2018