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Effect of an Oral Supplement Enriched in Amino Acids and the Leucine Metabolite B-hydroxy B-methylbutyrate (HMB)

NCT00502372 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2015-12-15

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Summary

The focus of this study is to look at the role of nutrition in the healing of pressure ulcers. The purpose of this study is to test whether the rate of healing of pressure ulcers is increased in those patients receiving a nutritional supplement of amino acids and the leucine metabolite, B-hydroxy-B-methylbutyrate is enhanced when compared to control patients receiving a supplement containing only one of the proteins in the experimental supplement

Conditions

  • Pressure Ulcers

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Nutritional Supplement/Amino acids and HMB

Subjects will be randomized to receive enriched dietary supplement (Juven) v arginine only (Argenaid) dietary supplement

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Juven

comparison of Juven with arginine only product in wound healing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Abbott

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Cathey Powers, MD · Central Arkansas VA/UAMS College of Medicine

  • Ronni Chernoff, PhD · Central Arkansas VA/UAMS College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2010-01-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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