The Acute Effect of and Energy Drink vs. Water Consumption on MAP, HR, and Energy Metabolism

NCT ID: NCT06330649

Last Updated: 2025-04-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-01

Study Completion Date

2024-09-01

Brief Summary

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The objective of this protocol is to investigate the effect of consumption of a commercially available energy drink beverage on blood pressure, heart rate, and energy metabolism

Detailed Description

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Energy drink consumption has gained a lot in popularity and represents one of the most rapidly growing segments of the beverage industry. While regularly discussed in media outlets etc. the cardiovascular effects are not well described or well known. For example, the impacts on various cardiovascular parameters range from improved, decreased, to not impacted at all depending on the source. This can be due to a number of reasons including, study protocol design, study population tested, energy drink product used, volume consumed, etc. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate the impact of acute consumption of a standard commercially available can of energy drink beverage on the following parameters.

* Arterial blood pressure
* Heart rate
* Energy metabolism (oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production

It is hypothesized that consumption of a 12 oz energy drink will result in modest elevations in arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and energy metabolism relative to when consuming of an equal volume of water.

Conditions

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Cardiovascular Diseases Hypertension Diet

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Individuals will be randomly assigned to either an experimental or a control condition.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Energy Drink

A commercially available caffeine drink containing 200 mgs of caffeine.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Energy Drink

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

This is a commercially available energy drink

Water

This will be 12 fl oz of commercially available water .

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Water Control

Intervention Type OTHER

This is a commercially available bottled water

Interventions

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Energy Drink

This is a commercially available energy drink

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Water Control

This is a commercially available bottled water

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Between ages 18-30
* Must be free of reported cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic diseases.
* Must be caffeine naïve
* Must be fasted

Exclusion Criteria

* Food allergies
* pregnant women
* Breast feeding women
* Individuals with cardiac, cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, and/or neurological disorders
* taking any prescription vasoactive medications
* allergies to spandex/lycra
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The University of Texas at Arlington

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Matthew Brothers

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Robert M Brothers, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Texas at Arlington

Locations

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UT Arlington - Science and Engineering Innovation and Research Building

Arlington, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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2024-0095

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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