Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of Mixed Exercise and Metabolic Stress in Relationship to Age in Healthy Men

Lead Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

MALE

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

Aging in men reduces the amount of luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone (Te) secreted in each burst. Stress-associated mechanisms introduced by acute illness and chronic disease decrease LH and T...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Community dwelling, healthy men age 18 to 80
  • Body-Mass Index (BMI) 18-30 kg/m2
  • Willingness to provide written informed consent
  • Physician acceptable screening ECG for participants 60 years and older

Exclusion

  • recent use of psychotropic or neuroactive drugs (within five biological half-live)
  • obesity (outside weight range above)
  • acute weight change (loss or gain of \>2 kg in 6 weeks
  • Laboratory test results not deemed physician acceptable
  • triglycerides \> 300
  • BUN \>30
  • creatinine \> 1.5 mg/dL
  • liver functions tests twice upper limit of normal
  • electrolyte abnormality
  • anemia; hemoglobin \< 12.0 gm/dL
  • drug or alcohol abuse
  • psychosis, depression, mania or severe anxiety
  • acute or chronic organ-system disease
  • endocrinopathy, other than primary thyroidal failure receiving replacement
  • untreated osteoporosis
  • nightshift work or recent transmeridian travel (exceeding 3 time zones within 7 days of admission)
  • PSA \> 4.0 ng/mL, History or suspicion of prostatic disease (elevated PSA,indeterminate nodule or mass, obstructive uropathy)
  • History of carcinoma (excluding localized basal cell carcinoma removed or surgically treated with no recurrence
  • History of thrombotic arterial disease (stroke, TIA, MI, angina) or deep vein thrombophlebitis
  • History of CHF, cardiac arrhythmias, congential QT prolongation, and medications used to treat cardiac arrhythmias
  • Gynecomastia \> 2 cm, untreated
  • Untreated gallbladder disease
  • History of smoking greater than one ppd.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01800370

Start Date

February 1 2013

End Date

April 1 2014

Last Update

May 12 2014

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Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905