Recruiting

Fresh Watermelon

Sponsor:

San Diego State University

Code:

NCT03380221

Conditions

Satiety

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Watermelon

Low fat cookies

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of the proposed study is to determine the effects of fresh watermelon fruit consumption on satiety, metabolic parameters and weight management.

Conditions

Satiety

Study ID

NCT03380221

Start date

Sep 15, 2017

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Dec 30, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 15, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-55 years old
  • BMI 25-40

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Smoker
  • Pregnant woman
  • Required dietary supplement use
  • Required medication of metabolic disorders
  • Allergy to watermelon or gluten

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Watermelon

active comparator: Low fat cookies

Interventions

Watermelon

Participants will consume 100 Kcal of watermelon fruit (2 cups) daily for 4 weeks.

Low fat cookies

Participants will consume 100 Kcal of low fat cookies daily for 4 weeks.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change of Satiety [ Time Frame: 0, 20, 40, 60, 90 and 120 minutes post snack consumption ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mee Young Hong

619-594-2392mhong2@mail.sdsu.edu

Locations

Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, SDSU

Recruiting

San Diego, California, United States, 92182-7251

Contacts

Mee Young Hong

619-594-2392mhong2@mail.sdsu.edu

More Information

Sponsor

San Diego State University

Last update posted

Jan 21, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by San Diego State University on 2026-01-21.