NCT06461806

Effect of Protein Source During Ketogenic Weight Loss Intervention

Effect of Protein Source During Ketogenic Weight Loss Intervention on Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Concordia University, Montreal · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomized, controlled, single-blinded study will investigate how the protein source in a high-protein ketogenic diet affects metabolic weight loss outcomes after a 12-week dietary intervention

Detailed description

This randomized, controlled, single-blinded study will compare how a ketogenic weight loss diet, supplemented with either animal- or plant-based protein affects: (i) metabolic markers (adipokine and cytokine) in adipose tissue and blood, (ii) adipose tissue immune cell profiles, and (iii) adipocyte characteristics and their interaction with other cells (e.g. immune cells and muscle cells). To better determine how tissue characteristics affect the whole body level, the relationships between adipose tissue characteristics and blood lipid and inflammatory markers will also be examined. Participants undergo anthropometric measurements, questionnaires, body composition assessment, energy assessment, blood draws, and adipose tissue biopsies from the abdominal and femoral adipose tissue depots

Conditions

• Obesity
• Obesity; Endocrine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Protein supplement - Plant protein	Pea/lupine protein powder mix
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Protein supplement - Animal protein	Whey protein powder

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-01
• Primary completion: 2024-07-31
• Completion: 2026-01-01
• First posted: 2024-06-17
• Last updated: 2026-01-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada