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Dietary Nitrate in COPD

NCT02148289 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2014-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The acute consumption of dietary nitrate has been shown to improve exercise capacity in athletes, healthy adults and subjects with peripheral vascular disease. Many COPD patients have reduced exercise capacity, The investigators hypothesized that acute nitrate consumption, in the form of beetroot juice, might increase incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) distance in COPD subjects.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Nitrate rich beverage

Following randomisation on day 1, subjects will consume either the nitrate or nitrate-free beverage and then the crossover beverage on day 8.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Nitrate free beverage

Following randomisation on day 1, subjects will consume either the nitrate or nitrate-free beverage and then the crossover beverage on day 8.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College Dublin

    collaborator OTHER

  • Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Conor P Kerley, BSc · University College Dublin

  • Liam J Cormican, MD · Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

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