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Drinking, AlcoholBEER-HIITNCT03660579

Beer or Ethanol Effects on the Response to High Intensity Interval Training: A Controlled Study in Healthy Individuals

A study testing HIIT-AB Group, HIIT-NAB Group and HIIT-SW Group in people with Drinking, Alcohol and Exercise, run by Universidad de Granada at 1 site in Spain.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

HIIT-BEER will determine the effect of habitual and moderate beer intake (330-660 ml / day, 5 days / week) on physical fitness, body composition, psychokinetic abilities and psychological status in sedentary healthy adults undergoing a HIIT training program. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 40 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Drinking, Alcohol, Exercise
What is being tested?
HIIT-AB Group, HIIT-NAB Group and HIIT-SW Group
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
80 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
20 Jan 2018to 1 Jun 2018
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 40 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age: 18-40 years
  • BMI:18.5-25 kg/m2
  • Not engaged in regular physical activity >20min on >3days/week
  • Not participating in a weight loss programme
  • Stable weight over the last 5 months (body weight changes>5kg)
  • Participant must be capable and willing to provide consent, understand exclusion criteria and accept the randomized group assignment
  • Normal electrocardiogram
  • Not personal family history related to alcohol consumption.

Who cannot join

  • History of cardiovascular disease
  • Diabetes
  • Pregnancy or planning to get pregnant during study period
  • Beta blockers or benzodiapezins use
  • Taking medication for thyroid
  • Other significant conditions that are life-threatening or that can interfere with or be aggravated by exercise
  • Unwillingness to either complete the study requirements or to be randomized into control or training group

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Spain1 site
  • Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Andalusia, 18071

Other trials in Spain

About this study

Official title: Beer or Ethanol Effects on the Response to High Intensity Interval Training: A Controlled Study in Healthy Individuals: BEER - HIIT Study

HIIT-BEER will determine the effect of habitual and moderate beer intake (330-660 ml / day, 5 days / week) on physical fitness, body composition, psychokinetic abilities and psychological status in sedentary healthy adults undergoing a HIIT training program.

Read the detailed description

Aims:

To determine the effect of habitual and moderate consumption of beer on physical fitness, body composition, psychokinetic and cognitive abilities and psychological status in sedentary healthy adults undergoing a HIIT training program.

The primary hypothesis will that a HIIT program will induce an improvement on physical fitness, body composition, psychokinetic abilities and psychological responses compared to a control group but this positive effect could be blunted by alcohol intake.

Methods:

HIIT-BEER will recruit 80 sedentary, healthy, adults (50% women) aged 18-40 years.

Will be performed a 10-week controlled trial in which the effects of HIIT will be compared to a control group without training. The effects of habitual intake of different alcoholic beverage will be also compared.

After completing the baseline measurements, the selected participants will be randomly assigned to either the control or the exercise training groups. The participants included in the training groups will be asked to choose individual choice about their drinking preference for alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. The participants who chose alcohol intake will be randomly assigned into the training group with alcohol beer intake (5.4% Alcohol-Special Alhambra®, Cervezas Alhambra, Spain) or to the sparkling water group with exactly the same amount of distilled alcohol added. The distilled alcoholic beverage used for the investigator's study will be vodka because of the purity of its composition (37.5% ethanol and 62.5% water). The participants who chose non-alcoholic beverages will be randomized into the training groups of non-alcohol beer (0.0% alcohol-Cruzcampo®, Heineken España) or sparkling water (Eliges (IFA) Eliqua 2®, Font Salem, Spain) intakes.

So, eligible participants will be assigned to five groups: (i) a group that will performed HIIT and will consumed 330 ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of beer with 5.4% alcohol (HIIT-AB, n=16); (ii) a group that will performed HIIT and will consumed the same amount of beer without alcohol (0.0%) (HIIT-NAB; n=16); (iii) a group that will performed HIIT and will consumed the same amount of sparkling water (0.0%) (HIIT-W; n=16); (iv) a group that will performed HIIT and will consumed sparkling water with the same amount of alcohol than the pre-established beer (5.4%) (HIIT-ASW; n=16); and (v) a control group that will not perform any physical training program (CON; n=16).

The beverage intakes will be programmed from Monday to Friday. There will not specific recommendation for Saturday and Sunday, but the participants will be instructed to keep a moderate alcohol during the weekend.

Laboratory measures completed at baseline and 10 weeks later, include physical fitness (cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength), body composition, hearth rate variability (HRV), reaction time, cognitive variables and health-related questionnaires. The investigators will also obtain dietary habits data and cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Being tested
HIIT-AB Group, HIIT-NAB Group, HIIT-SW Group, HIIT-ASW Group
Keywords
Physical fitness, Recovery, Stress, Training, HIIT, Beer
Medical subject headings
Alcohol Drinking, Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • HIIT-AB GroupOther

    Group that performed HIIT and consumed 330 ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of beer with 5.4% alcohol.

  • HIIT-NAB GroupOther

    Group that performed HIIT and consumed 330 ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of beer without alcohol (0.0%).

  • HIIT-SW GroupOther

    Group that performed HIIT and consumed the same amount of sparkling water (0.0%).

  • HIIT-ASW GroupOther

    Group that performed HIIT and consumed sparkling water with the same amount of alcohol than the pre-established beer (5.4%).

Study groups in NCT03660579
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
HIIT-CONNo interventionNo intervention: Control
HIIT-AB GroupExperimentalIntake: 330ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of beer with 5.4% alcohol. The beverage intakes will be programmed from Monday to Friday. Training: The volume in HIIT 40-65 min/week at high intensity. HIIT with short intervals. Frequency two times/week. Load variation. Gradual progression to control the exercise dose. Periodization divided in: familiarization phase, phase I, phase II. Sessions. The participants will performed 8 weight-bearing exercises (in circuit form) 2 times/set with an active rest (walking at 6 RPE scale) as many times at as defined. The HIIT intensity will controlled by RPE (0-10 RPE scale). All sessions will be started with a dynamic standardized warm-up, including several muscle activation exercises, and will be ended with a cooling-down protocol.
Receives: Other: HIIT-AB Group
HIIT-NAB GroupExperimentalIntake: 330 ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of beer without alcohol (0.0%). The beverage intakes will be programmed from Monday to Friday. Training: The volume in HIIT 40-65 min/week at high intensity. HIIT with short intervals. Frequency two times/week. Load variation. Gradual progression to control the exercise dose. Periodization divided in: familiarization phase, phase I, phase II. Sessions. The participants will performed 8 weight-bearing exercises (in circuit form) 2 times/set with an active rest (walking at 6 RPE scale) as many times at as defined. The HIIT intensity will controlled by RPE (0-10 RPE scale). All sessions will be started with a dynamic standardized warm-up, including several muscle activation exercises, and will be ended with a cooling-down protocol.
Receives: Other: HIIT-NAB Group
HIIT-SW GroupExperimentalIntake: 330 ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of sparkling water. The beverage intakes will be programmed from Monday to Friday. Training: The volume in HIIT 40-65 min/week at high intensity. HIIT with short intervals. Frequency two times/week. Load variation. Gradual progression to control the exercise dose. Periodization divided in: familiarization phase, phase I, phase II. Sessions. The participants will performed 8 weight-bearing exercises (in circuit form) 2 times/set with an active rest (walking at 6 RPE scale) as many times at as defined. The HIIT intensity will controlled by RPE (0-10 RPE scale). All sessions will be started with a dynamic standardized warm-up, including several muscle activation exercises, and will be ended with a cooling-down protocol.
Receives: Other: HIIT-SW Group
HIIT-ASW GroupExperimentalIntake: 330 ml (women) or 2x300 ml (men) of sparkling water with 5.4% alcohol.The beverage intakes will be programmed from Monday to Friday. Training: The volume in HIIT 40-65 min/week at high intensity. HIIT with short intervals. Frequency two times/week. Load variation. Gradual progression to control the exercise dose. Periodization divided in: familiarization phase, phase I, phase II. Sessions. The participants will performed 8 weight-bearing exercises (in circuit form) 2 times/set with an active rest (walking at 6 RPE scale) as many times at as defined. The HIIT intensity will controlled by RPE (0-10 RPE scale). All sessions will be started with a dynamic standardized warm-up, including several muscle activation exercises, and will be ended with a cooling-down protocol.
Receives: Other: HIIT-ASW Group

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Physical Fitness Cardiorespiratory fitness

    Cardiorespiratory fitness measure through a maximum treadmill test (VO2 max.).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

Secondary outcomes (18)
  1. Physical Fitness: Muscular strength (Bosco Test)

    Muscle strength measure through: Bosco test.

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  2. Physical Fitness: Muscular strength (Handgrip strength)

    Muscle strength measure through: Handgrip strength.

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  3. Body composition (DXA)

    Body composition measure through: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  4. Body composition (Weight)

    Body composition measure through: Anthropometry (Weight in kg).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  5. Body composition (Height)

    Body composition measure through: Anthropometry (Height in meter).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  6. Body composition (Hip perimeter)

    Body composition measure through: Anthropometry (Hip perimeter in cm)

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  7. Body composition (Waist circumference)

    Body composition measure through: Anthropometry (Waist circumference in cm).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  8. Body composition (Neck perimeter)

    Body composition measure through: Anthropometry (Neck perimeter in cm).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  9. Heart Rate Variability

    Measure by Polar RS800CX.

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  10. Reaction time

    Measure by Vienna Test System.

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  11. Memory

    Measure by Spanish-Complutense Verbal Learning Test (TAVEC)

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  12. Attention

    Measure by D2 Test.

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  13. Working Memory

    Measure by Numbers and Letters (WISC-IV).

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  14. Verbal fluency

    Verbal fluency assessment test.

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  15. Questionnaires and Scales

    Measure by:

    • PREDIMED Questionnaire on Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet.
    • Beverage Intake Questionnaire (PREDIMED).
    • Questionnaire of the Five Great Factors of the Personality (BFQ).
    • Satisfaction with life (SWL).
    • Health questionnaire (SF-36).
    • International Fitness Scale Questionnaire (IFIS).
    • Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II).
    • Life Orientation test questionnaire (LOT-R).
    • Sexual desire questionnaire.
    • Sexual functioning questionnaire.
    • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
    • Profile of Mood States Questionnaire (POMS).
    • Scale of Subjective Happiness.
    • Emotional Intelligence Scale (TMMS).
    • Scale Panas of positive and negative affect.
    • Perceived stress scale (PSS).
    • Scale of assessment of mood (EVEA).
    • Eating habits questionnaire.
    • Spanish versión of Three Factor EatingQuestionnaire-R18 (TFEQ-SP)
    • Scale of regulation of the behavior in physical exercise (BREQ-2).
    • Scale of measurement of the orientations of goals in the exercise (GOES)

    Measured: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.

  16. Questionnaires and Scales

    Measure by:

    (BDI-II); PREDIMED Questionnaire on Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet ; Sexual desire questionnaire; Sexual functioning questionnaire; Eating habits questionnaire; Beverage Intake Questionnaire (PREDIMED); Perceived stress scale (PSS); Scale of Subjective Happiness; EVEA; IFIS; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; BFQ; LOT-R; PANNAS; POMS; SWLS; TMMS-24 and TFEQ-SP.

    Measured: Every week

  17. Questionaires and Scales

    Measure by:

    PSS; EVEA; PANNAS; TMMS-24

    Measured: Every two weeks

  18. Questionnaires and Scales

    Measure by:

    Scale of Subjective Happiness; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; POMS; BREQ-2 and GOES.

    Measured: Every three weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted6 Sep 2018
  2. Study start20 Jan 2018
  3. Primary completion20 May 2018
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
80 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03660579
Sponsor's protocol ID
321/CEIH/2017
Acronym
BEER-HIIT
Status last verified
Sep 2018
First submitted
20 Jul 2018
Last updated
6 Sep 2018
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Publications

  • Navarro-Lomas G, De-la-O A, Dote-Montero M, Castillo MJ, Amaro-Gahete FJ, Plaza-Florido A. Moderate alcohol intake and heart rate variability adaptations to high-intensity interval training in healthy young adults: the BEER-HIIT study. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2026 Aug 25;13:1920023. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1920023. eCollection 2026.

    PubMed 42712702
  • Molina-Hidalgo C, De-la-O A, Dote-Montero M, Amaro-Gahete FJ, Castillo MJ. Influence of daily beer or ethanol consumption on physical fitness in response to a high-intensity interval training program. The BEER-HIIT study. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2020 May 27;17(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12970-020-00356-7.

    PubMed 32460793

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing HIIT-AB Group, HIIT-NAB Group and HIIT-SW Group in people with Drinking, Alcohol and Exercise, run by Universidad de Granada at 1 site in Spain.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Sep 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Physical Fitness Cardiorespiratory fitness (time frame: Baseline and through study completion, an average of 10 weeks.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03660579, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Sep 2018.

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