An interventional study of HPP mango juice group and control juice in Biomarkers of Food Intake in Healthy Subjects, sponsored by National Research Council, Spain. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-16.
Sponsored by National Research Council, Spain · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The aim of this clinical trial is to study the effect of a habitual dietary intake of commercial high pressure-processed (HPP) mango juice [mango puree (20%)-orange juice (80%)] or control juice [water (20%)-HPP orange juice (80%)]. There are numerous in vitro and in vivo animal studies that support exceptional health-promoting characteristics of mango products (pulp, peel, seed, juice, extracts, etc.) such as antidiabetic, anticancer, antiinflammatory, antioxidant and antibacterial activities based on their phytochemical composition, but there are many fewer studies assessing the absorption, metabolism, and health-related properties of phytochemical from commercial mango fruit juices (only 20% of mango pulp) in humans. Consequently, this study proposes for the first time the study of the effects of commercial HPP mango juice consumption on health biomarkers by a human intervention study. Researchers will compare the bioavailability (metabolite profiles) of compounds with health effects and the biomarkers of health to evaluate if mango juice works better that control juice.
The human intervention study has been designed with the aim to study the effect of a usual dietary intake of a commercial HPP mango juice on phenolic and carotenoid compounds bioavailability and health-related biomarkers. Due to mango juice is obtained from a pulp puree, the high viscosity of this product makes it necessary to mix it with water or other fruit juice for consumption. Thus, the commercial mango juice is not actually composed of 100% mango. For the present study, it has been selected a commercial HPP mango juice whose composition is mango puree 20% and orange juice 80%. A commercial HPP orange juice 100% elaborated with the same process will be consumed by the participants as control juice after be diluted. Subjects will be instructed to dilute the commercial HPP orange juice with water to match the content of orange juice in both groups. A 28-day feeding trial (randomized cross-over controlled clinical trial) will be conducted to study the effect of a usual dietary intake of commercial HPP mango juice [mango puree (20%)-orange juice (80%)] or control juice [water (20%)-HPP orange juice (80%)] on phenolic and carotenoid metabolite profiles and cardiometabolic health biomarkers. To date, no human intervention studies have been conducted to assess the health effects of ingesting commercial HPP-treated mango juices.
Recruitment of study participants. The inclusion criteria will be: individuals with body mass index [BMI] 25-29.9, aged 18-50, plasma total cholesterol levels 180-235 mg/dL, and plasma retinol concentration in the upper tertile of the normal reference range (20-60 µg/dL). Subjects will be recruited at the Human Nutrition Unit (HNU), Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN). The study will be advertised at the campus of Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), on the webpage of ICTAN-CSIC and through different social media. All participants will attend a familiarization session before beginning the study. The exclusion criteria will be: use of medication/food supplements to lower blood cholesterol, chronic disease, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease; pregnancy or lactation; smoking habits; alcohol consumption above recommendations; allergy to mango or orange fruit.
Study design and dietary intervention. The participants will receive oral and written information about the study and provide written consent. This study will be a randomized cross-over controlled clinical trial. Approval by the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research of the University Hospital Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Spain has been obtained. To avoid sex and gender bias, men and women will be recruited. Subjects will be randomly to either the HPP mango juice group or the control juice group. Each intervention period will last 4 weeks and will be separated by a 4-week wash-out period. During each intervention period, participants will be instructed to consume 500 mL of juice/day in two doses, 250 mL in the morning and 250 mL in the afternoon. Daily dose of juice (500 mL) and duration of intervention (4 weeks) have been selected based on our previous human intervention studies and literature studies, both compatible with a usual dietary intake. Three visits to HNU at ICTAN will be required by the study protocol: the initial screening, at Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28). Participants will be fasted overnight. On study visit days to HNU at ICTAN, fasting blood samples will be drawn, urine and faeces samples will be collected. It is planned that a total of 30 individuals will be recruited to obtain outcome significant differences. The primary outcome variable for sample size calculation has been the modification in the plasma CRP levels (as inflammation biomarker). In particular, power calculations have been based on a 30% reduction in CRP levels following previous nutritional clinical trials in subjects consuming fruit juices containing mango, orange or similar. A sample size of 30 has been calculated as sufficient to detect this change with 95% power and an alpha value of 0.05, using published variances of this parameter. Blood samples will be drawn and collected on days 0, 14, and 28 of the study. Urine and faeces will be collected the same days of blood sample collection and stored at -80 °C until analysis.
The following determinations will be performed at different periods: anthropometric measurements and blood pressure, dietary analysis; phenolic and carotenoid compounds analysis in plasma/serum/urine, carotenoid compounds analysis in serum and faeces, lipid profile and biochemistry markers, inflammatory and vascular injury biomarkers and metabolic hormones, oxidative stress biomarkers, and antioxidant enzyme activities and plasma antioxidant activity.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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mango puree (20%)-orange juice (80%)
Other: HPP mango juice group
water (20%)-HPP orange juice (80%)
Other: control juice
During each intervention period, participants will be instructed to consume 500 mL of juice/day in two doses, 250 mL in the morning and 250 mL in the afternoon
During each intervention period, participants will be instructed to consume 500 mL of juice/day in two doses, 250 mL in the morning and 250 mL in the afternoon
C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
Changes of plasma CRP levels as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
BMI
Changes of BMI as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Body weight
Changes of body as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Pulse
Changes of pulse as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Temperature
Changes of temperature as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Systolic blood pressure
Changes of systolic blood pressure as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Diastolic blood pressure
Changes of diastolic blood pressure as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Phenolic and carotenoid compounds
Changes of blood and urinary/faecal phenolic and carotenoid metabolites as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Total cholesterol
Changes of plasma total cholesterol as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
HDL-cholesterol
Changes of plasma HDL-cholesterol as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
LDL-cholesterol
Changes of plasma LDL-cholesterol as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
VLDL-cholesterol
Changes of plasma VLDL-cholesterol as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Triacylglycerols
Changes of plasma triacylglycerols as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Glucose
Changes of plasma glucose as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Urea
Changes of plasma urea as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Uric acid
Changes of plasma uric acid as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Creatinine
Changes of plasma creatinine as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Albumin
Changes of plasma albumin as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/GPT)
Changes of plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT/GPT) as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST/GOT)
Changes of plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST/GOT) as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)
Changes of plasma gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Total bilirubin
Changes of plasma total bilirubin as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Inflammatory and vascular injury biomarkers and metabolic hormones
Changes of plasma inflammatory cytokines, cardiovascular biomarkers and metabolic hormones as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Oxidative stress biomarkers
Changes of plasma oxidative stress biomarkers as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Antioxidant enzyme activities and antioxidant activity
Changes of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities as result of HPP mango juice intake. Changes of plasma 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation (ABTS•+) scavenging capacity and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) as result of HPP mango juice intake
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline), and Weeks 2 (day 14), and 4 (day 28)
Dietary analysis
Participants will be asked to maintain their dietary habits, except for the daily mango and orange supplementation. The overall dietary intake of each subject will be evaluated using three 24-h diet recall (two weekdays and one weekend day) at the beginning of each of the two intervention periods to analyse the intakes of total energy, carbohydrate, protein, and fat; and total phenolic compounds and total carotenoid compounds
Time frame: At Week 0 (day 0-Baseline) of each of the two intervention periods
Start is estimated for Jun 2026; primary completion for Jun 2027, 12 months later.
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