NCT06604793

Creatine Supplementation in Young Healthy Adults

Effects of Equal-volume Creatine Supplementation With Different Dosing Strategies on Body Composition and Muscle Performance in Young Healthy Adults

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Regina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose is to compare the effects of bolus ingestion (5 grams) vs. intermittent ingestion (2 x 2.5 grams) of creatine supplementation vs. placebo for 21 days on measures of body composition (lean tissue mass-indicator of muscle mass, total body water) and muscle performance (i.e., power, strength, endurance).

Detailed description

Creatine is a naturally occurring compound produced in the liver and brain. Creatine can also be found in food products such as red meat and seafood or through commercially available manufactured creatine products (i.e. creatine supplementation). Evidence-based research shows that creatine supplementation improves measures of body composition and muscle performance. However, the optimal creatine supplementation protocol to achieve these benefits is unknown.

Conditions

• Improve Muscle Performance in Young Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Creatine	Creatine monohydrate
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Maltodextrin

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-20
• Primary completion: 2025-01-31
• Completion: 2025-01-31
• First posted: 2024-09-20
• Last updated: 2024-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada