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Nutrition DisordersMEPONCT04548362

Biomarkers of Meats and Potatoes Intake

A study testing Meat arm and Starchy foods arm in people with Nutrition Disorders, run by Professor Lars Ove Dragsted at 1 site in Denmark.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This cross-over meal study is a four-way intervention with 12 volunteers randomized at the same time to four meals with fried meats (beef, pork, chicken and amino-acid matched non-meat control) and to four meals with potato products (boiled, chips, fries, and a control with boiled white rice) to search for biomarkers… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Nutrition Disorders
What is being tested?
Meat arm and Starchy foods arm
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
12 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
15 Feb 2016to 30 May 2016
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • healthy

Who cannot join

  • non-pregnant, no abuse of alcohol or drugs, no chronic medication except p-pills

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Denmark1 site
  • Lars Dragsted

    Frederiksberg, 1958

Other trials in Denmark

About this study

Official title: Biomarkers of Meats and Potatoes Intake: a Meal Study in Healthy Men and Women - the MEPO Study

This cross-over meal study is a four-way intervention with 12 volunteers randomized at the same time to four meals with fried meats (beef, pork, chicken and amino-acid matched non-meat control) and to four meals with potato products (boiled, chips, fries, and a control with boiled white rice) to search for biomarkers of intake.

Read the detailed description

In a two-dimensional, cross-over meal study, 12 healthy volunteers consumed in a randomized sequence four test meals: chicken, pork, beef, and a control made of egg white and pea. At the same time they were independently randomized to four starchy foods to be consumed together with the meats: boiled potatoes, fried potatoes, potato crisps or boiled white rice. Fasting and postprandial urine samples were collected to cover 48 h after each meal and samples were profiled by untargeted LC-ESI-qTOF-MS metabolomics. The profiles following the meal challenges were explored by univariate and multivariate analyses and single and combined markers of intake identified chemically by MS/MS fragmentation experiments and statistically by ROC curves and error rates as well as FDR statistics.

Being tested
Meat arm, Starchy foods arm
Keywords
Biomarkers of food intake
Medical subject headings
Nutrition Disorders

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Meat armOther

    Randomised sequence of pork, beef, chicken meat, and an egg white/pea combination

  • Starchy foods armOther

    Randomised sequence of boiled potato, fried potato, potato crisps, and boiled white rice

Study groups in NCT04548362
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Meat mealsExperimentalThis arm contains a 4-way cross-over intervention study with meats
Receives: Other: Meat arm
Starchy mealsExperimentalThis arm contains a 4-way cross-over intervention study with
Receives: Other: Starchy foods arm

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. meat intake biomarkers

    To identify intake biomarkers of general meat, red meat and poultry

    Measured: 0-48 hours

  2. Potato intake biomarkers

    To identify intake biomarkers of general potato, fried potato and white rice

    Measured: 0-48 hours

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 Sep 2020
  2. Study start15 Feb 2016
  3. Primary completion30 May 2016
  4. Study completion30 May 2016

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Factorial
Model description
Subjects were randomised to four meals with meats and starchy foods in such a way that all volunteers had each meat and each starchy food once and so that all combinations of meats and starchy foods were equally common. Each volunteer was also randomised to the sequence of the meals.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
12 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04548362
Sponsor's protocol ID
H-150204011H
Acronym
MEPO
Status last verified
Apr 2021
First submitted
7 Sep 2020
Last updated
28 Apr 2021
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: Adding samples to CUBE (www.cube.ku.dk), supporting information to the ERDA sharing system, and sample database and study data to the DASH-IN database for data sharing.

Publications

  • Zhou X, Ulaszewska MM, Cuparencu C, De Gobba C, Vazquez-Manjarrez N, Gurdeniz G, Chen J, Mattivi F, Dragsted LO. Urine Metabolome Profiling Reveals Imprints of Food Heating Processes after Dietary Intervention with Differently Cooked Potatoes. J Agric Food Chem. 2020 Jun 3;68(22):6122-6131. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01136. Epub 2020 May 8.

    PubMed 32338001
  • Cuparencu C, Rinnan A, Dragsted LO. Combined Markers to Assess Meat Intake-Human Metabolomic Studies of Discovery and Validation. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2019 Sep;63(17):e1900106. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201900106. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

    PubMed 31141834

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Meat arm and Starchy foods arm in people with Nutrition Disorders, run by Professor Lars Ove Dragsted at 1 site in Denmark.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Apr 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Denmark. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

meat intake biomarkers (time frame: 0-48 hours). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04548362, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Apr 2021.

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