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Changes in Cognition During a 24-h Simulated Military Operation

NCT04250480 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-01-31

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Summary

Sustained military operations (SUSOPs) result in psychological stress and cognitive dysfunction, which may be related to the recruitment of classical monocytes into the brain.

Goals:

* To investigate the effect of sustained-release beta-alanine on changes in cognition and markers of immune cell recruitment during a 24-hour simulated military operation.
* To examine associations between changes cognition and changes in markers mediating immune cell recruitment.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

beta-alanine

beta-alanine tablet

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

placebo

rice powder tablet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Strength and Conditioning Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Central Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adam J Wells, PhD · University of Central Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-02
Primary Completion
2018-04-15
Completion
2018-04-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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