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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Effects of Nutritional Supplementation (Product 4808) on Acute Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthesis in Cancer Patients

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00446888

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Brief summary

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The purpose of the study is to compare two different nutritional supplements with respect to their effect on building muscle, and to determine the factors that control the rate at which muscle tissue can be produced in subjects with cancer. After three days of receiving all meals from the Reynolds Institute on Aging in order to stabilize their diet, subjects will then return to the Institute to perform a single day study, where they will be given one of two supplements to drink. Blood will be taken from a catheter placed in one of their arms and three muscle biopsy samples will be taken from a leg. Subjects will have x-ray evidence of cancer and be 40 years of age or older in order to participate. It is the hypothesis that a nutritional supplement with a high amount of protein and containing leucine will target the metabolism problems in cancer patients.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00446888
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
University of Arkansas
Other
Enrollment
35 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral · Dietary Supplement

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
40 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2006
Primary completion
Feb 28, 2009
Completion
Feb 28, 2009
Last update posted
Jun 18, 2009

2007 – 2009

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock Arkansas 72205

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