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Phenylalanine Requirements in Healthy Pregnant Women

NCT02669381 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2019-11-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid that people need to obtain in their diets. Amino acids are the building blocks for protein, which is required to form tissues in the body. It is well known that pregnant women require more protein in their diets, but the exact amount for each amino acid is undetermined. To find out how much of phenylalanine pregnant women require, the investigators plan to study pregnant women in early and late gestation with a modern minimally invasive technique.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Phenylalanine intake

Oral consumption of eight hourly experimental meals- Includes 4 tracer-free experimental meals containing a mixture of free amino acids, calories from a flavored liquid and protein free cookies and 4- labeled amino acid experimental meals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rajavel Elango, Ph.D. · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-01
Primary Completion
2018-05-30
Completion
2019-10-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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