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NCT02090478 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

The Effect of Dietary Sugar Consumption on Sweet Taste Perception

A NA study, sponsored by Monell Chemical Senses Center.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
50
Enrollment target

NCT02090478: Completed NA study, sponsored by Monell Chemical Senses Center.

NCT02090478 is a NA study that has completed, run by Monell Chemical Senses Center. The registered enrollment target is 50 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (96% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT02090478, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Monell Chemical Senses Center.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
50 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine how reducing the amount of simple sugars in the diet affects sweet taste perception. Healthy adult subjects will be assigned to either follow their usual diet, or to replace sugar calories with fats or starch. The investigators hypothesize that eating less sugar will: 1. cause foods and drinks with a given amount of sugar to taste sweeter 2. cause people to prefer lower levels of sugar in foods and drinks

Primary Outcome

Subjects rated the sweetness of pudding and beverage samples that varied in sucrose concentration during each study month to determine how perception changes over time with diet manipulations

Interventions

  • OTHER Low sugar diet
  • OTHER Sham diet manipulation

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 50 participants
Start Date 2010-10
Phase NA
Monell Chemical Senses Center

16 total trials

What the finished NCT02090478 record still lists

NCT02090478 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 50 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (96% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 2 interventions - of which Low sugar diet is the first listed.

NCT02090478 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT02090478 about?

NCT02090478 is a clinical study titled "The Effect of Dietary Sugar Consumption on Sweet Taste Perception". The purpose of the study is to determine how reducing the amount of simple sugars in the diet affects sweet taste perception. Healthy adult subjects will be assigned to either follow their usual diet, or to replace sugar calories with fats or starch. The investigators hypothesize that eating less s...

What is the current status of trial NCT02090478?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 50 participants. The study started on 2010-10.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02090478?

The interventions under investigation include: Low sugar diet (OTHER), Sham diet manipulation (OTHER).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02090478?

This trial is sponsored by Monell Chemical Senses Center, which has 16 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT02090478's enrollment target sits among peer trials

50 1279th of 2000 higher than 622 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02090478, the US trial registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine. NCT02090478 (small enrollment · none site footprint · completed) retrieved and formatted by PlainTrial, see methodology.