NCT07223151Recruiting
A Sensory Strategy to Cut Sugary Beverages in African/American and Latine Adolescents
Trading Sugar for Sparkles in Adolescents, A Sensory Approach for Reducing Added Sugar From Sweetened Beverages
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether replacing sugary sodas with unsweetened, flavored sparkling waters can reduce added sugar intake and improve health in Black/African American and Latine adolescents with obesity who prefer sweet-tasting beverages. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does replacing sugary sodas with water change liking for sugary drinks, and water? * Do shifts in liking for sweetness lead to improved diet quality and cardiometabolic health? Researchers will compare replacing sugary sodas with one of three alternative beverages: unsweetened sparkling water, plain water, and beverages with gradually reduced sugar to determine which strategy is most effective. Participants will: * Replace sugary sodas with study drinks for 4 weeks * Complete taste tests to measure their liking for and sensory experience of sweetness over 8-weeks * Provide dietary recalls, body measurements, and blood samples over 8-weeks
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 63 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 30 Jul 2025
- Start date
- 25 Jul 2025
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Nana Gletsu Miller
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07223151
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 63
- From 25 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2027
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Participant is allergic or intolerant to the items we are testing.
Lab values
- Adolescent with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (self-declared or detected at screening visit through fasting glucose)
Other
- Adolescent participant is pregnant, since pregnancy affects taste perception
- Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists intended for weight loss.
Who the study is looking for
- Adolescents ages 12 to 18 who display a "sweet-liker" pattern, characterized by a preference for higher concentrations of sugar in beverages, specifically identifying 0.3M (10.3% sucrose) or above as their most liked sample.
- Adolescents consumes sugar-sweetened soda greater than or equal to 2 times per week. Adolescents must also indicate a willingness to drink study beverages; not currently dieting/changing diet.
Age in the registry: 12 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bloomington | United States | Not yet recruiting |
| Indiana University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Indianapolis | United States | Recruiting |
| Purdue University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | West Lafayette | United States | Recruiting |
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