Validation of a Digital Visual Analogue Scale for Appetite Measurement

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: Breakfast meal

• Registration Number: NCT05287516
• Lead Sponsor: General Mills

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to validate a newly developed digital visual analog scales with a mobile app for measuring human appetite and compare it with a traditional paper-based visual analog scales for appetite measurement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-18
• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-16
• Study Completion: 2022-05-30
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-11
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy adults 18-70 years.
• Body mass index 20-29.9 kg/m² (based on self-reported weight and height).
• Understand the study procedures.
• Willing to maintain habitual diet, physical activity pattern, and body weight throughout the trial.
• Willing to follow study procedures on test days.
• Willing to abstain from strenuous exercise, consuming alcoholic drinks 24 hours before the test day.
• Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women, or women who are planning to become pregnant during the study
• Known food allergies, sensitivity, or intolerance to any food or food ingredients
• Participating in another clinical trial for food, investigational drug, nutritional supplement, or lifestyle modification
• Taking medications that affect appetite, metabolism, or blood pressure
• Presence of acute diseases or infection
• Presence or history of chronic diseases
• Diagnosed with eating disorders
• Restraint eaters
• Lost or gained 5 pounds or more in the past 3 months
• On a weight-loss diet, or undergoing intermittent fasting
• COVID-19 infection in the past 3 months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Breakfast meal with 460 kcal	Breakfast meal	-
Breakfast meal with 230 kcal	Breakfast meal	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Area Under the Curve for Fullness 0-240 min	0-240 min	Area Under the Curve for Fullness 0-240 min
Area Under the Curve for Prospective Consumption 0-240 min	0-240 min	Area Under the Curve for Prospective Consumption 0-240 min
Area Under the Curve for Desire to Eat 0-240 min	0-240 min	Area Under the Curve for Desire to Eat 0-240 min
Area Under the Curve for Hunger 0-240 min	0-240 min	Area Under the Curve for Hunger 0-240 min
Area Under the Curve for Satiety 0-240 min	0-240 min	Area Under the Curve for Satiety 0-240 min

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Remote study, No physical facility; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States