Recruiting

Egg Consumption

Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Code:

NCT03521349

Conditions

Diet Habit

Cognitive Control

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 7 - 12

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Whole Egg Intervention

Egg White Control

Study Details

Brief summary:

The aim of this study is to examine the correlational and intervention effects of egg consumption on macular carotenoids, cognition, and achievement during childhood. Initially, this will be done with correlational examination of egg consumption and macular carotenoids. Individuals with low carotenoid status will be invited to participant in a month-long egg-based dietary intervention aimed at improving carotenoid status.

Conditions

Diet Habit

Cognitive Control

Study ID

NCT03521349

Start date

Mar 21, 2018

Status verified date

Apr, 2020

Completion date

Sep 1, 2020

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 1, 2020

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 7 - 12

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • a. Parental/guardian consent b. Between 7-12 years c. Absence of physician diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder d. Normal or corrected-to-normal vision based on the minimal 20/20 standard f. Intervention Only: Absence of food allergies

Exclusion Criteria:

  • a. Parental/guardian non-consent b. Younger than 7 years or older than 12 years c. Physician diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder d. Uncorrected vision f. Intervention Only: Presence of food allergies

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

placebo comparator: Egg White Snacks

Egg white-based snacks

experimental: Whole Egg Snacks

Whole egg-based snacks

Interventions

Whole Egg Intervention

Participants will consume an isocaloric muffin containing important bioactives from whole eggs.

Egg White Control

Participants will consume an isocaloric muffin containing egg white, lacking important bioactives from whole eggs.

Primary outcome measure

  • Cognitive control [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Ginger Reeser, MS, RD

217-244-8442reeser2@illinois.edu

Caitlyn Edwards, BS

217-300-1667cgedwar2@illinois.edu

Locations

University of Illinois

Recruiting

Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801

Contacts

Ginger Reeser, MS, RD

reeser2@illinois.edu

Caitlyn Edwards, BS

cgedwar2@illinois.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Last update posted

Apr 15, 2020

Last verified

Apr, 2020

Keywords

  • Electroencephalography
  • Executive Function
  • Egg
  • Diet

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on 2020-04-15.