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Late Evening Supplementation With Branched Chain Amino Acids in Liver Transplantation

NCT02407769 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2015-04-03

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Summary

Assess the impact in body composition and handgrip strength of the nocturne supplementation by a month with BCAA (Enterex hepatic in patients awaiting liver transplantation)

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Late evening supplementation with branched chain amino acids

The patients will drink a Enterex Hepatic bag (500 Kcal, 18.6g of proteins of which 8.63g are branched chain amino acids, 71.7g of carbohydrates and 15.4g of lipids) during late evening (after 19:00 hours) in comparison with the late evening snack group which will eat a snack based in food with the next nutrimental facts (480 Kcal, 19g of proteins based in casein and vegetables sources, 17g of lipids and 63g of carbohydrates) during the same schedule that intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad de Guanajuato

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Niko Alain Cruz Sancén · Universidad de Guanajuato

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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