NCT02678390

Medium Chain Triglycerides and Aerobic Exercise on Ketone Production in Women With or Without Prediabetes

Stimulating the Production of Ketones Through the Combined Use of Aerobic Exercise (AE) and Dietary a Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) Supplement

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effect on ketone production of dietary an MCT supplement combined or not with physical exercise in two groups of women (N=10/group), healthy adults and patients with prediabetes. After an evaluation of the metabolism (a 4-hour visit with multiple blood samples) at the beginning of the study, all the participants are taken for one-week the MCT supplement alone follow by a one-week period of taking the MCT supplement in combination with physical exercise. At the end of each period of time, the 4-hour visit for the evaluation of the metabolism is repeated.

Conditions

• Prediabetic State

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	MCT	A 5 day consecutive MCT intake of 30 g/day.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	MCT+ aerobic exercise	A 5 day consecutive MCT intake of 30 g/day in combinaison with 30 minutes of aerobic exercise (70% to 80% HRR) per day for the five days.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Aerobic exercise	A single period of 30 minutes of aerobic exercise (70% to 80% HRR).
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Control day	No MCT or aerobic exercise

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2016-02-09
• Last updated: 2020-04-07
• Results posted: 2020-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada