The SMARTY Trial: Evaluating the Effects of Colour of Candy on Perceptions of Taste

National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Education

Treatments: Other: Smartie© sweet/candy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04175015

NUIreland-SMARTY

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this trial is to determine if the colour of sweets (candy) effects taste.

Full description

The purpose of this trial is to increase children's awareness of randomised controlled trials and gain insights into the best way to conduct a fair comparison. Everyday children are faced with health claims, some reliable and some not so reliable. The purpose of the SMARTY trial is to help children critically assess and develop a critical eye when it comes to information they encounter every day, in particular when it comes to their health. The SMARTY trial is a pragmatic, two group, parallel, randomised trial.

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• parental/guardian consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

• unable or unwilling to ingest intervention.
• medical conditions which prohibit ingestion of intervention (ie allergy, intolerance etc)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be randomised to eat an orange coloured smartie©

Treatment:

Other: Smartie© sweet/candy

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be randomised to eat a pink coloured smartie ©

Treatment:

Other: Smartie© sweet/candy