Milk fat study: does what cows eat change your cholesterol?
NCT ID NCT00685581
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether changing the type of fat in milk (by changing cows' diets) could affect heart health in 107 healthy adults. Researchers measured cholesterol and other blood fats after people consumed different milk fats. The goal was to understand how natural trans fats in dairy might influence heart disease risk.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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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
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107 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Apr 2007
- Finished
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May 2008
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * HDL cholesterol, g/L \> 0.4 * Triacylglycerol g/L \<1.50 * LDL Cholesterol g/L \<1.60 * Waist size \< 94 cm (men) or 80 cm (women) * Affiliated to National Health Insurance * Normal blood pressure (diastolic \<90 mm Hg, systolic \<140 mm Hg) * For women: effective contraception * Subject giving his/her written informed consent * Subject willing to comply with the study procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Reported food allergies * Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial during the last 4 weeks prior to the beginning of this study * Hepatic or renal impairments * Positive serologies to HIV or HCV, * Blood donation done less than 2 months before the start of the study * Chronic pathologies * Refusal to be registered on the National Volunteers Data file * Being in exclusion on the National Volunteers Data file
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine (CRNH), UEN, Laboratoire de Nutrition Humaine
Clermont-Ferrand, 63009, France
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