Effects of DHEA and Exercise in the Elderly
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Official title
DHEA+Exercise-Effect on Sarcopenia and Osteopenia of Aging
Brief summary
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DHEA or dehydroepiandrosterone is a naturally occurring hormone secreted by tghe adrenal galnds. The secretion of HDEA declines with aging. DHEA is considered a food supplement and it is not regulated by the FDA. The purpose of this research is to evaluate ceratin of the biological effects of a reaplcement dose of DHEA. As you get older, DHEA levels are lower than you were younger. The replamcent dose is the dose of DHEA that will raise DHEA levesl to the levels found in young people. Anotehr purpose is to determine whether DHEA enhances the adaptations to an exercise training program.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00205686
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 64 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 65 Years to 78 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2001
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2005
- Last update posted
- Jan 5, 2006
2001 – 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University School of Medicine | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
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