Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03319147
Effect of Amino Acid on Muscle Damage
Effect of Leucine-enriched Essential Amino Acid on Integrated Muscle Protein Synthesis and Muscle Recovery After Resistance Exercise
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 35 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The primary objective is to determine the impact of essential amino acids on integrated muscle protein synthesis over 4 days after resistance exercise. In addition, the secondary objective is to determine the effect of essential amino acids on satellite cell regulation and inflammatory responses during this prolonged recovery period.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Active | 4g of essential amino acids |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Placebo | 4g of maltdextrin |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-10-18
- Primary completion
- 2019-01-15
- Completion
- 2019-10-30
- First posted
- 2017-10-24
- Last updated
- 2021-04-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03319147. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.