Yerba mate extract tested for metabolic boost in overweight adults
NCT ID NCT07000825
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether taking a yerba mate extract can help improve health markers in overweight adults. Eighty people aged 40-65 will take either the extract or a placebo for 90 days. Researchers will measure changes in weight, blood sugar, cholesterol, and inflammation to see if the extract offers any benefits.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 80 people
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- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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40 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. men and women; 2. aged between 40 and 65 years; 3. with no previous cardiovascular history; 4. individuals who are non-smokers or who have stopped smoking in the last 3 years; 5. individuals who agree to maintain a habitual diet and physical activity; 6. individuals who agree to maintain habitual consumption of polyphenol-rich beverages (yerba mate, teas, coffee, wine, cocoa, soy milk and fruit juice) during the course of the study; 7. individuals who are not taking hypoglycemic, antihypertensive or anticholesterolemic drugs and; 8. individuals who are overweight or obese (BMI≥25 to 34 Kg/m2 ); 9. individuals who have given up nutritional monitoring at least 3 months or who are undergoing nutritional treatment, but who are not showing weight changes of \>5% in the last 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: 1. diagnosis uncontrolled metabolic or endocrine pathologies; 2. who have undergone obesity surgery; 3. post-menopausal women; 4. pregnant and breastfeeding women; 5. use of antipsychotics; 6. with a vegetarian or vegan diet; 7. who use probiotics and food supplements with antioxidant characteristics; 8. those who have had a weight change of more than 10% in the last 3 months; 9) in treatment for excess body weight (hypocaloric diet or current nutritional treatment); 10\) smokers or chronic alcoholics; 11) Severe hypertension, history of cardiovascular disease with clinical complications such as: acute myocardial infarction and other coronary heart disease; 12) individuals with known malignant neoplasms, gastrointestinal diseases, kidney disease and/or liver disease.
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Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul
Realeza, Paraná, 85770-000, Brazil
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