Creatine for Recovery and Thinking in Mothers
NCT07795853 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40
Last updated 2026-08-31
Summary
The purpose of this randomized, double-blind, parallel-group trial is to compare the effects of two doses of creatine monohydrate (5 g/day versus 10 g/day) administered for four weeks in postpartum women. The study will evaluate exercise performance, post-exercise recovery, cognitive function, and brain creatine concentrations in a sub-sample.
Conditions
- Post-partum
- Women
Interventions
- DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT
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Creatine Monohdyrate
Creatine monohydrate taken daily mixed with 6-8 oz of water.
Sponsors & Collaborators
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
lead OTHER
Principal Investigators
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Abbie Smith-Ryan, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Study Design
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Model
- PARALLEL
Eligibility
- Min Age
- 18 Years
- Max Age
- 45 Years
- Sex
- FEMALE
- Healthy Volunteers
- No
Timeline & Regulatory
- Start
- 2026-09-08
- Primary Completion
- 2027-05-10
- Completion
- 2027-05-10
Countries
- United States