Status:
COMPLETED
Proteins From Duckweed Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Wageningen University and Research
Conditions:
Degree of Digestilbility
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study aims to study the digestibility of isolated duckweed protein. The digestibility of the isolated duckweed protein will be compared to an isolated benchmark protein whey. Objective: The prim...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 25 kg/m2
- Having veins suitable for blood sampling via a catheter (judged by study nurse/ medical doctor)
Exclusion
- Any metabolic, gastrointestinal, inflammatory or chronic disease (such as diabetes, anaemia, hepatitis, cardiovascular disease)
- History of gastro-intestinal surgery or having (serious) gastro-intestinal complaints
- History of liver dysfunction (cirrhosis, hepatitis) or liver surgery
- Kidney dysfunction (self-reported)
- Use of medication that may influence the study results, such as gastric acid inhibitors, laxatives, stomach protectors and drugs that can affect intestinal motility
- Anaemia (Hb values \<7.5 for women and \<8.5 for men)
- Reported slimming, medically prescribed, vegan/vegetarian or other extreme diets or the use of protein supplements
- Not willing to give up blood donation during the study
- Current smokers
- Alcohol intake ≥4 glasses of alcoholic beverages per day
- Pregnant, lactating or wishing to become pregnant in the period of the study (self-reported)
- Abuse of illicit drugs
- Food allergies for products that we use in the study
- Participation in another clinical trial at the same time
- Being an employee of the department Consumer Science \& Health group of Wageningen Food \& Biobased Research
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 28 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 28 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03823222
Start Date
February 28 2019
End Date
March 28 2019
Last Update
April 16 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Stichting Wageningen Research
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6708 WG