36
Participants
Start Date
December 15, 2025
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2027
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2027
(-)-Epicatechin-rich cocoa supplementation combined with exercise training
12 weeks of daily cocoa (2 capsules/d containing 450 mg cocoa flavanols/d, including 80 mg of (-)-epicatechin) combined with aerobic (30min of moderate-intensity walking) and resistance (30 min of whole-body workout) exercise training 3 times a week
Placebo combined with exercise training
12 weeks of placebo (alike-looking cellulose-based capsules) combined with aerobic (30min of moderate-intensity walking) and resistance (30 min of whole-body workout) exercise training 3 times a week
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
OTHER