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Effects of Amino Acids on Regional Lipid Metabolism

NCT01150188 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2016-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Elevated fat level in blood is a risk factor for coronary heart disease, a major cause of death in America. The overall goal of this project is to test a novel treatment using nutrient (amino acid) supplementation against this condition in men and women, and to understand how this treatment works.

Conditions

  • Hypertriglyceridemia

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Amino acids

11 g amino acids two times per day for eight weeks

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Placebo of inert compounds, 11 g two times per day for eight weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Arkansas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elisabet Borsheim, PhD · University of Arkansas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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