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Gastrointestinal ToleranceNCT07372482

Evaluating the Impact of Fat and Sugar Replacer Blends on Gastrointestinal Tolerance in Biscuits

A study testing Test sandwiched biscuits with creme in people with Gastrointestinal Tolerance and Healthy Population, run by Mondelēz International, Inc. at 1 site in Canada.

Completed

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

Official record
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Trial summary

This study is a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial aiming at evaluating the gastrointestinal tolerance and bowel habits of sugar- and fat- replacer ingredients and blends (maltitol, polydextrose, allulose and EPG) Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 55 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
Test sandwiched biscuits with creme
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
56 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
28 Oct 2025to 27 Feb 2026
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 18 to 55 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Non-pregnant, non-lactating, healthy individuals aged 18-55 years, inclusive
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) 18.5-32.0kg/m², inclusive
  • No major illness, trauma or surgery requiring hospitalization within 3 months of the screening visit
  • Ability to understand the study procedures and willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study
  • Non-smokers or smokers who smoke <10 cigarettes/day and are willing not to change nicotine habits during the study period
  • Willing to limit alcohol consumption to ≤3 standard drinks/day and ≤7 standard drinks/week during the study period
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  • Willing to refrain from any marijuana or hemp products during the study period
  • Normal bowel habits (>2 bowel movements/week and <3 bowel movements per day)
  • Consumes ≤4 servings/day of fruits and vegetables combined and ≤3 (women) or ≤4 (men) servings/day of whole grains using the definitions of "serving" .
  • Participants must have a cell phone/tablet/computer and be willing and able to use it to collect study data
  • Participants must be eligible to receive income in Canada and be covered by a health insurance plan such as OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
  • Participants are willing to follow current COVID guidelines with respect to attending study visits

Who cannot join

  • Failure to meet any one of the inclusion criteria
  • Chronic moderate to severe gastrointestinal symptoms
  • Use of systemic antibiotics, antifungals or antiparasitics in the past 3 months and during the experimental period
  • Use of medications, supplements, and products which may affect the results (laxative, anti-diarrhea, anti-constipation drugs, high fiber supplements)
  • Individuals with any medical conditions or use of supplements or medications that increase risk to the subject or others or may affect the results, as judged by the Principal - Investigator
  • Unwillingness or inability to comply with the experimental procedures and to follow INQUIS safety guidelines
  • Known intolerance, sensitivity, or allergy to any ingredients in the study test products
  • Subject is currently participating or recently (within 30 days of screening) participated in a clinical trial involving long-term exposure (greater than 24 hours) to an investigational drug, nutritional supplement, or lifestyle modification

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site
  • Inquis Clinical Research

    Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2N8

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About this study

This study is a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial aiming at evaluating the gastrointestinal tolerance and bowel habits of sugar- and fat- replacer ingredients and blends (maltitol, polydextrose, allulose and EPG)

Read the detailed description

The study will have a randomized, double-blind, crossover design with 8 visits consisting of one screening visit and 7 study visits (3 to 14-day interval between the start of each visit) across 4-12 weeks. Participants will be randomized to a test sequence and, during the course of the study, will complete 7 trial arms. At each visit eligible participants will come to INQUIS between 8-11am, and ~1-2h after consuming their usual breakfast at home. After rating the severity of GI symptoms, participants will consume one of the investigational products with a drink of water (250ml) and then be free to leave. The severity of 11 symptoms will be rated at 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24h: Abdominal bloating, Abdominal pain, Gas/flatulence, Gas with discharge, Burping, Reflux (heartburn), Stomach rumbling (borborygmus), Urgency of bowel movement, Oily spotting (leakage), Nausea and Vomiting. The severity of each symptom will be rated by the subject as None, Mild, Moderate or Severe (these ratings will be assigned scores of 0, 1, 2 or 3, respectively). For each bowel movement (BM) passed during the 24h period, participants will be asked to record: the time, if they had to strain (yes or no), if they experienced discomfort (yes or no), if they felt there was incomplete evacuation (yes or no), if they had oily evacuation (oil separated from the stools) (yes or no), if they had oily stool (oily lumps in the stool) (yes or no) and the consistency of the stool rated using the using the Bristol Stool Scale (BSS).

Being tested
Test sandwiched biscuits with creme, Control sandwiched biscuit with sugar
Keywords
sugar replacers, fat replacer, gastrointestinal symptoms, Bowel Habits - Bristol Stool Scale (BHD-BSS), Gastrointestinal Tolerance Questionnaire (GITQ), Acute, Biscuits

What participants receive

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

  • Test sandwiched biscuits with cremeOther

    Acute intake

  • Control sandwiched biscuit with sugarOther

    Acute intake

Study groups in NCT07372482
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Control biscuitPlacebo comparatorSandwiched biscuit with usual sugar and fat content (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Control sandwiched biscuit with sugar
Control biscuit reduced in fat with EPGActive comparatorSandwiched biscuit with usual sugar content and fat partly replaced by EPG in basecake (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Test sandwiched biscuits with creme
Sugar reduced biscuit with blend 1Active comparatorSandwiched biscuit reduced in sugar and containing sugar-replacer blend 1 (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Test sandwiched biscuits with creme
Sugar reduced biscuit with blend 1 + EPG in basecakeActive comparatorSandwiched biscuit reduced in sugar and containing sugar-replacer blend 1 and EPG replacing fat in basecake (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Test sandwiched biscuits with creme
Sugar reduced biscuit with blend 1 + EPG in basecake & cremeActive comparatorSandwiched biscuit reduced in sugar and containing sugar-replacer blend 1 and EPG replacing fat in basecake \& creme (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Test sandwiched biscuits with creme
Sugar reduced biscuit with blend 2Active comparatorSandwiched biscuit reduced in sugar and containing sugar-replacer blend 2 (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Test sandwiched biscuits with creme
Sugar reduced biscuit with blend 2 + EPG in basecakeActive comparatorSandwiched biscuit reduced in sugar and containing sugar-replacer blend 2 and EPG replacing fat in basecake (2 servings = 60g)
Receives: Other: Test sandwiched biscuits with creme

What is being measured

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

  1. Total Area Under the Curve (tAUC) of composite gastrointestinal Symptom score

    total area under the curve (tAUC) of the composite GastroIntestinal symptom score (sum of the scores for the 11 GI symptoms). The score values can range from 0 up to 24 with the higher values showing the higher levels of symptoms (worse conditions).

    Measured: tAUC between 0 and 24 hours

Secondary outcomes (40)
  1. Total Area Under the Curve of each individual gastrointestinal symptom

    Total Area Under the Curve of each of the individual 11 gastrointestinal symptoms (Abdominal bloating, Abdominal pain, Gas/flatulence, Gas with discharge, Burping, Reflux (heartburn), Stomach rumbling (borborygmus), Urgency of bowel movement, Oily spotting (leakage), Nausea and Vomiting). Each symptom range from 0 up to 3 with 3 showing the highest / worse condiiton of symptoms

    Measured: tAUC between 0 and 24 hours

  2. Frequency of composite score > 1 at each time point

    Proportion of participants who have a composite GastoInestinal symptom score >1 (moderate-to-severe) at each time point. The composite score can range from 0 up to 24 with the higher values showing the higher levels of symptoms (worse conditions)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  3. Frequency of Diarrhea within 24 hours

    Proportion of participants with diarrhea, defined as 3 or more type 6 or 7 stools (based on the BSS) within the 24 hour period after consumption of the study products

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  4. Time for maximum score for abdominal bloating

    Time of the maximum score for bloating

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  5. Maximum score for abdominal bloating

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  6. Maximum score for abdominal bloating

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  7. Time of maximum score for abdominal pain

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  8. Maximum score for abdominal pain

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  9. Maximum score for abdominal pain

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  10. Time for maximum score for flatulence

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  11. Maximum score for flatulence

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  12. Maximum score for flatulence

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  13. Time for maximum score for gas with discharge

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  14. Maximum score for gas with discharge

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  15. Maximum score for gas with discharge

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  16. Time for maximum score for burping

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  17. Maximum score for burping

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  18. Maximum score for burping

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  19. Time for maximum score for reflux

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  20. Maximum score for reflux

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  21. Maximum score for reflux

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  22. Time for maximum score for stomach rumbling

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  23. Maximum score for stomach rumbling

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  24. Maximum score for stomach rumbling

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  25. Time for maximum score for Oily spotting (leakage)

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  26. Maximum score for Evaluation oily spotting (leakage)

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  27. Maximum score for oily spotting (leakage)

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  28. Time for maximum score for nausea

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  29. Maximum score for nausea

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  30. Maximum score for nausea

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  31. Time for maximum score for vomiting

    Time of the maximum score

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  32. Maximum score for vomiting

    Proportion of participants reporting any (score>0) or moderate/severe (score >1) at each time point

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  33. Maximum score for vomiting

    Maximum detected score (which can range from 0 up to 3)

    Measured: Evaluation performed at time 0, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 24 hours

  34. Number of bowel movements

    Number of bowel movements over the 24 hours

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  35. straining during bowel movement

    Proportion of participants having to strain or not

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  36. discomfort during bowel movement

    Proportion of participants having discomfort or not

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  37. incomplete evacuation

    Proportion of participants declaring incomplete evacuation or not

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  38. oily evacuation (oil separated from the stools)

    Proportion of participants declaring having oily evacuation (oil separated from the stools)

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  39. oily stool (oily lumps in the stool)

    Proportion of participants declaring having oily stool (oily lumps in the stool)

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

  40. Stool consistency based on bristol stool scale

    mean stool consistency on Bristol Stool Scale (BSS). The scale provide values from 1 to 7 depending on the type of stool with 1 being the driest stools and 7 the most liquid one.

    Measured: Evaluation performed over 24 hour after consumption of study products

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Jan 2026
  2. Study start28 Oct 2025
  3. Primary completion27 Feb 2026
  4. Study completion27 Feb 2026

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
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Model description
In a 7-way cross-over, 14 sequences are required to obtain a balanced design. Orders will be assigned to participants in the order they attended for the first visit after being recruited. Four of these sequences will be separately randomized to create n=56 random sequences. If more subjects are recruited to replace drop-outs then the first new recruit will be assigned the sequence assigned the first drop-out, the second new recruit to sequence assigned to the second drop-out, etc.
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
56 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07372482
Sponsor's protocol ID
KBE073 / INQ-2405
Status last verified
Mar 2026
First submitted
23 Jul 2025
Last updated
27 Mar 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Test sandwiched biscuits with creme in people with Gastrointestinal Tolerance and Healthy Population, run by Mondelēz International, Inc. 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 12 inclusion and 8 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 27 Mar 2026. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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?

Total Area Under the Curve (tAUC) of composite gastrointestinal Symptom score (time frame: tAUC between 0 and 24 hours). 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 27 Mar 2026.

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