Influence of Coffeeberry Ingestion on Soccer Skill Performance

PepsiCo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coffeeberry Effects; Soccer Performance; Skill Performance

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Coffeeberry beverage; Other: Comparator beverage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04181619

PEP-1904

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study of soccer skill performance has 3 objectives. Objective 1 is to compare effects of coffeeberry (300mg) and placebo ingestion on dribbling speed and precision and passing and shooting speed and accuracy compared to placebo. 30 subjects will be assessed before dosing, after a 1 hr resting absorption period, and after simulated soccer match play. Of these 30, 20 subjects will proceed to Objective 2 (45 minutes of intense simulated soccer match play) and Objective 3 (repeated sprint activity continued until volitional fatigue).

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 16 to 28 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Provide valid informed consent prior to any study procedure
• Male soccer players age 16 to 28 years
• 5-year soccer playing experience
• 1-year regularly soccer training
• Free of injuries
• Willing to avoid alcohol in the 48-h period prior to main trials.
• Willing to avoid caffeine, caffeinated and decaffeinated products, apples, and, berries/cherries for 24-h prior to main trials
• Willing to record food intake over the 48-h period prior to the first trial and replicate for second trial
• Willing to abstain from strenuous physical activity for 24-h before all visits

Exclusion criteria

• Smoking
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Diabetes or other metabolic disease
• Presence of injuries
• Major illnesses or surgery in prior 90 days
• Participation in another clinical trial in the past month

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Coffeeberry beverage

Experimental group

Description:

300 mg Coffeeberry extract in 300 ml beverage

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Coffeeberry beverage

Color and flavor matched beverage

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

0 mg Coffeeberry extract in 300 ml flavor and color-matched beverage

Treatment:

Other: Comparator beverage