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Effect of Consuming Beans for One Month on Blood Lipids, Satiety, Intake Regulation and Body Weight

A study testing navy beans added to regular diet in people with Overweight and Obesity, run by University of Toronto at 1 site in Canada.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This project investigates the effect of regular consumption of commercially available processed white beans (5 cups per week) on food intake, body weight, blood pressure, satiety hormones and glycemic response over a 4-week period. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 35 to 55 years
Conditions the study is for
Overweight, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
What is being tested?
navy beans added to regular diet
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
14 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
Nov 2007to Dec 2009
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 35 to 55 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • BMI 27-40 kg/m2

Who cannot join

  • smokers and individuals who have prescribed medications over the past 6 months that could interfere with the study outcomes (i.e. statins, metformin). Breakfast skippers, those on a restricted energy diet or pregnant/lactating women

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site
  • Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto

    Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E2

Other trials in Canada

About this study

Official title: Beans and Potatoes in the Regulation of Food Intake and Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases. Effect of Consuming Beans for One Month on Blood Lipids, Satiety, Intake Regulation and Body Weight

This project investigates the effect of regular consumption of commercially available processed white beans (5 cups per week) on food intake, body weight, blood pressure, satiety hormones and glycemic response over a 4-week period. We have chosen to provide participants with canned white beans, the most accessible and frequently consumed bean in North America. They are inexpensive, a good source of high quality nutrients and ready to eat. Based upon published literature and short-term studies conducted in our laboratory, we hypothesize that regular consumption of commercially available canned beans will increase satiety and improve the control of food intake, body weight, blood glucose and blood lipids.

Read the detailed description

The metabolic syndrome is a clustering of chronic disease risk factors, including abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure and elevated fasting blood glucose.

A main treatment for metabolic syndrome is lifestyle modification (alterations in diet and/or physical activity patterns) resulting in weight loss.

Beans are easily incorporated into the diet and may lead to the attainment and maintenance of healthy a body weight and improved metabolic control.

Canned baked navy beans (with tomato sauce) have a low glycemic response following consumption, however, whether this effect has long-term benefits on glycemic control requires further investigation.

OBJECTIVE

To determine the effect of consuming 5 cups per week of commercially available canned navy beans over 4 weeks on risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome.

Subjects

Inclusion criteria: Men and women (n=16) between 35 and 55 years of age with a body mass index (BMI) of 27 to 40 kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria: smoking or any major surgery/medical condition within the last 6 months, use of medications that could interfere with the study outcomes, gastrointestinal, liver or kidney disease and women who were pregnant/lactating

Being tested
navy beans added to regular diet
Keywords
beans, pulses, satiety, appetite, obesity, overweight, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, blood glucose, insulin, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, leptin, GLP-1, adiponectin, Peptide YY, diet
Medical subject headings
Overweight, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Insulin Resistance

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • navy beans added to regular dietOther

    Also called Heinz beans

    5 cups per week of commercially available white beans for 4-weeks

Study groups in NCT00741923
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Bean groupExperimentalA group consuming 5 cups/week of navy beans for a month
Receives: Other: navy beans added to regular diet

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. body weight, waist circumference, blood glucose, satiety hormones, and blood lipids, inflammation factor, and glycated haemoglobin

    Measured: at the beginning and at the end of study

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted26 Aug 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2007
  3. Primary completionSep 2008
  4. Study completionDec 2009

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
14 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00741923
Sponsor's protocol ID
OMAF-HEINZbeans
Other IDs
BOW-2008
Status last verified
Jun 2012
First submitted
25 Aug 2008
Last updated
15 Jun 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing navy beans added to regular diet in people with Overweight and Obesity, run by University of Toronto at 1 site in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Jun 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

body weight, waist circumference, blood glucose, satiety hormones, and blood lipids, inflammation factor, and glycated haemoglobin (time frame: at the beginning and at the end of study). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Jun 2012.

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