NCT03020862

Beetroot Juice - Effects on Performance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose is to evaluate exercise performance in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) after supplementing with higher doses of dietary NO3-, compared to previous studies, as beetroot juice for seven days. The secondary purpose is to evaluate oxygen consumption of submaximal cycling, amendments in blood pressure, and physical activity level.

Detailed description

The purpose is to evaluate exercise performance in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) after supplementing with higher doses of dietary NO3- compared to previous studies, as beetroot juice for seven days. The secondary purpose is to evaluate oxygen consumption of submaximal cycling, amendments in blood pressure, and physical activity level.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Moderate

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Dietary beetroot juice	Consumed as concentrated beetroot juice from James White Drinks England (Beet-it) and contained 300 mg dietary nitrate. Dose: 2x70 mL consumed twice a day for six days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2015-08-01
• First posted: 2017-01-13
• Last updated: 2017-01-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark