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Nutrition and Exercise for Sarcopenia

NCT00872911 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2016-12-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators' general hypothesis is that nutritional factors, including protein/energy malnutrition and/or an impaired response of muscle to nutrition, and inactivity play significant roles in developing sarcopenia, the involuntary loss of muscle mass and function with age. Therefore, age-specific prolonged interventions including nutritional manipulations and/or exercise may help to reduce, stabilize, or even reverse sarcopenia.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Amino acids

mixed pure crystalline amino acids for human use (Ajinomoto), 15 g/d

DRUG

Exercise

progressive exercise training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elena Volpi, MD,PhD · The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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