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Dose-response Enteral Citrulline for Normal Healthy Volunteers and Surgery Patients

NCT00950976 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2012-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine the level of citrulline to produce a given amount of arginine in healthy volunteers and surgical patients. Arginine-related amino acids are expected to increase as a result of increased substrate provided by citrulline.

Conditions

  • Nutritional Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

citrulline

TID for 5 days

OTHER

Lemonade

TID for 5 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Juan B. Ochoa, MD Prof. · Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Physicians

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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