NCT03003988

Physiological Effects of Creatine Supplementation in Active Males

Effects of 28 Days of Different Forms of Creatine Supplementation on Muscle Creatine, Body Composition and Exercise Performance in Recreationally Active Males

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Texas A&M University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was designed to examine how different forms of creatine impact active males.

Detailed description

This study examined the effects of different formulations of creatine nitrate on muscle creatine content, body composition, anaerobic exercise capacity, bench press performance and clinical chemistry panels in recreationally active males.

Conditions

• Dietary Supplementation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Creatine monohydrate	Creatine monohydrate (6.0 g) + dextrose (0.5 g)
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Creatine nitrate	Creatine nitrate (5.0 g creatine monohydrate + 1.5 g. creatine nitrate that provides 1.0 g. of creatine and 0.5 g. nitrate in 2:1 ratio)
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Placebo (6.5 g dextrose)

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2016-12-28
• Last updated: 2017-01-04