Clinical trial
SENSILINS: Impact of Cephalic Phase Insulin Release Induced by an Environmental Food Odor Stimulus on Glucose Homeostasis According to Insulin Sensitivity Level
Opening soon · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT07638111
What this study is about
This single-center, randomized, single-blind, 2-period crossover interventional study will evaluate whether exposure to a pleasant food odor 10 minutes before a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) modifies glucose homeostasis in adults with different metabolic phenotypes. Participants will undergo two experimental conditions in random order: food odor stimulation and control condition without odor, separated by a 4-week washout. The main objective is to quantify the within-subject effect of food odor stimulation on the incremental area under the glucose curve (iAUC) from 0 to 120 minutes during OGTT and to assess whether this effect differs according to metabolic status. Two predefined groups will be enrolled: adults without overweight and without insulin resistance, and adults with class I obesity and low-to-moderate insulin resistance. Secondary objectives include characterization of cephalic phase insulin release (CPIR), C-peptide and GLP-1 responses, glycemic kinetics, associations between CPIR and metabolic responses, and participant acceptability of the test environment and olfactory stimulation. A plasma biobank will be constituted from part of the collected samples for future research.
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
Pleasant Food Odor Stimulation
Exposure to an experimentally selected appetitive food odor (madeleine odor) delivered using a programmable ScentRealm collar in a standardized test room beginning at T-10 minutes before OGTT.
Control Environmental Condition
Standardized testing environment identical to the experimental visit but without diffusion of the appetitive food odor.
Primary outcomes
Primary endpoint is the mean within-subject difference between food odor and control conditions in glucose incremental area under the curve from 0 to 120 minutes after oral glucose ingestion. Glucose iAUC will be calculated using the trapezoidal method, baseline-adjusted to glucose at T0. The main analysis will also assess the interaction between condition (odor vs control) and metabolic status (no overweight/insulin-sensitive vs obesity with low-to-moderate insulin resistance). Unit should be specified in the statistical analysis plan according to assay reporting (for example mmol/L×min or mg/dL×min).
Study locations
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