Influence of Coffeeberry Ingestion on Soccer Skill Performance

NCT ID: NCT04181619

Last Updated: 2022-03-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-11-06
• Study Completion Date: 2021-08-03

Brief Summary

The study of soccer skill performance has 3 objectives. Objective 1 is to compare effects of coffeeberry (300mg) and placebo ingestion on dribbling speed and precision and passing and shooting speed and accuracy compared to placebo. 30 subjects will be assessed before dosing, after a 1 hr resting absorption period, and after simulated soccer match play. Of these 30, 20 subjects will proceed to Objective 2 (45 minutes of intense simulated soccer match play) and Objective 3 (repeated sprint activity continued until volitional fatigue).

Conditions

Skill Performance; Soccer Performance; Coffeeberry Effects

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: QUADRUPLE

Study Groups

Coffeeberry beverage

300 mg Coffeeberry extract in 300 ml beverage

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Coffeeberry beverage

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

One exposure of 300 mg coffeeberry extract in a 300 ml flavored still beverage prior to exercise session

Color and flavor matched beverage

0 mg Coffeeberry extract in 300 ml flavor and color-matched beverage

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Comparator beverage

Intervention Type: OTHER

One 300 ml still beverage, color and flavor matched to experimental beverage prior to exercise session

Interventions

Coffeeberry beverage

One exposure of 300 mg coffeeberry extract in a 300 ml flavored still beverage prior to exercise session

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Comparator beverage

One 300 ml still beverage, color and flavor matched to experimental beverage prior to exercise session

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Provide valid informed consent prior to any study procedure
• Male soccer players age 16 to 28 years
• 5-year soccer playing experience
• 1-year regularly soccer training
• Free of injuries
• Willing to avoid alcohol in the 48-h period prior to main trials.
• Willing to avoid caffeine, caffeinated and decaffeinated products, apples, and, berries/cherries for 24-h prior to main trials
• Willing to record food intake over the 48-h period prior to the first trial and replicate for second trial
• Willing to abstain from strenuous physical activity for 24-h before all visits

Exclusion Criteria

• Smoking
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Diabetes or other metabolic disease
• Presence of injuries
• Major illnesses or surgery in prior 90 days
• Participation in another clinical trial in the past month

• Minimum Eligible Age: 16 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 28 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

PepsiCo Global R&D

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Stuart Galloway, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

U. Stirling

Locations

University of Stirling, Health Science and Sport

Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Countries

United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

PEP-1904

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id