The acute effects of coffee extract on cognitive function and mood in healthy older adults

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cognitive Function; Cerebral Blood Flow; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000067976
• Lead Sponsor: estec

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-01-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

*Age 50 and over
*Healthy (i.e. absence of all exclusion criteria) older male and female adults
*Light to moderate coffee drinkers (i.e. with caffeine)
*Drink no more than 8 cups of coffee per week
*Participants must abstain from caffeine-containing foods/beverages and alcohol for 24 hours prior to the training session and each testing session.
*Written informed consent obtained

Exclusion Criteria

*Existing or pre-existing physical or neurological conditions
*History of psychiatric, cardiac, endocrine, gastrointestinal, or bleeding disorders
*Clinically high blood pressure
*Under treatment with spironolactone-like anti-diuretics, aldosteron-receptors antagonists or angiotensin II- antagonists
*Hearing impairment
*Psychoactive medications
*History of substance abuse
*Smoker
*Food allergies
*Potassium reduced diet
*Score <24 on the Mini-Mental State Exam
*Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial during the last 2 months prior to the beginning of this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rapid visual information processing task (accuracy) - measure of sustained attention.[Baseline, 40mins and 120mins post dose]