Status:

RECRUITING

Leucine Supplementation Strategies to Enhance Muscle Anabolic Responses in Older Age

Lead Sponsor:

University of Nottingham

Conditions:

Muscle Protein Synthesis

Eligibility:

MALE

65-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Sarcopenia describes the progressive decline of muscle mass and strength with advancing age and is associated with increased frailty and morbidity, however we do not currently have an effective treatm...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male, 65-75 years of age
  • BMI 18-28 kg/m2
  • Non smoker
  • Not performing regular resistance type exercise
  • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study

Exclusion

  • A BMI \<18 or \>28 kg·m-2
  • Active cardiovascular disease: uncontrolled hypertension (BP \> 160/100), angina, heart failure (class III/IV), arrhythmia, right to left cardiac shunt or recent cardiac event
  • Cerebrovascular disease: previous stroke, aneurysm (large vessel or intracranial)
  • Respiratory disease including pulmonary hypertension or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Metabolic disease: hyper and hypo parathyroidism, untreated hyper and hypothyroidism, Cushing's disease, types 1 or 2 diabetes (treated and untreated), inborn/ congenital errors of metabolism (e.g. phenylketonuria (PKU), galactosaemia)
  • Active inflammatory bowel disease
  • Acute infection
  • Acute or chronic renal disease
  • Malignancy (or history of malignancy with 5 y)
  • Recent steroid treatment (within 6 mo), or hormone replacement therapy
  • Coagulopathy
  • Musculoskeletal or neurological disorders
  • Known allergies to any of the product ingredients
  • Having taken part in a research study in the last 3 months involving invasive procedures or an inconvenience allowance

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 5 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 5 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06567665

Start Date

August 5 2024

End Date

August 5 2026

Last Update

August 23 2024

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University of Nottingham

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH