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SENSATION trial: can smelling and tasting your meal boost calorie burn?

NCT ID NCT07409025

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether sensory stimulation—like tasting and smelling food—affects how much energy your body uses to digest a meal. Twenty-four healthy volunteers will eat the same meal in two ways: normally by mouth, and through a tube that bypasses the senses. Researchers will measure energy expenditure and skin temperature to see if sensory cues boost calorie burn.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If successful, this could help us understand how sensory cues like taste and smell influence how many calories we burn after a meal.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study in healthy people, so results may not apply to the general population or lead to any direct treatment.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 24 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2026

Expected to finish

Jan 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 40 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * healthy volunteers of any gender * BMI between 18-25 kg/m2 * age between 18 and 40 years Exclusion Criteria: * concomitant medication except for prescription free analgetics (paracetamol, NSAIDs) and oral contraceptives * clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g. renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus), * allergy to local anaesthetic or any of the study meal ingredients * known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse * smoker / habitual tobacco use * habitual excessive alcohol consumption * inability to follow the procedures of the study * participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study * previous enrolment into the current study * enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons * uncontrolled hypo- or hyperthyroidism * pregnancy or lactation

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Diet-induced thermogenesis Sensory function

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University Hospital Basel, Department of Endocrinology

    RECRUITING

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

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