NCT05909475

Supplementation With GKEX Sports Probiotic Combo for Muscle Gain and Fat Loss Assessment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan Sport University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objective: To discuss the "GKEX Sports Probiotics Combination (hereinafter referred to as GKEX)", a product commissioned by Grape King Biotechnology Co., Ltd., and its effects on increasing muscle mass, muscle strength, physical performance and improving body composition when combined with resistance exercise training. Method: The experiment adopts a double-blind design. After screening, 52 subjects (20 males and 32 females) were randomly divided into two groups, each with 10 males and 16 females: (1) placebo without GKEX probiotics Capsule group (Placebo) (2 capsules/day), (2) GKEX group (GKEX) (1x1010 CFU/capsule, 2 capsules/day). All subjects received daily supplementation samples for 6 weeks and received resistance exercise training three times a week. Before the intervention and 6 weeks after the intervention, the diet evaluation, systemic and resistive body composition, muscle ultrasound, muscle strength, maximum oxygen uptake, explosive power, anaerobic power, etc. were detected respectively.

Conditions

• Sport Nutrition
• Probiotic

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	GKEX	GKEX group. Probiotic capsules contain 10 billion CFU (colony forming units) of GKEX, , 2 caps daily use.
OTHER	Placebo	The placebo capsule contains microcrystalline cellulose, 2 caps daily use.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-04
• Primary completion: 2022-12-24
• Completion: 2022-12-24
• First posted: 2023-06-18
• Last updated: 2023-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan