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Healthy AdultsP1-SDBDCNCT05580653

Phase 1 Seattle Dietary Biomarkers Development Center

A study of Healthy Adults, run by Marian Neuhouser at 1 site in United States.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

The Seattle Dietary Biomarker Development Center (S-DBDC) aims to advance the science of measuring dietary intake by identification and validation of dietary biomarkers that improve upon self-reported diet. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Healthy Adults
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
2 Mar 2023to 17 Apr 2025
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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Healthy adults
  • Age 18 years and older
  • Willing to come to the Fred Hutch campus 16 times during the study
  • BMI 18.5-39.9 kg/m2

Who cannot join

  • History of gastrointestinal disorders (e.g., ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, celiac sprue, Hereditary Non-polyposis Colorectal Cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, pancreatic disease, liver disease)
  • Bleeding disorder that precludes blood draws
  • Previous gastrointestinal resection or bariatric surgery
  • Recent hospital admissions (in past 6 months) for heart disease (myocardial Infarction/cerebrovascular accident or congestive heart failure) or other cardiovascular disease/coronary artery disease condition under physician guided therapy that is not medically stable.
  • Cancer under active radiation or chemotherapy treatment (post-6 mos)
  • Pregnant or lactating
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  • Weight change (±5% in 3 months)
  • Regular alcohol intake of >2 drinks/day (2 drinks being equivalent to 720 ml beer, 240 ml wine, or 90 ml spirits) and unwilling to abstain during feeding periods
  • Use of tobacco and/or marijuana, hookahs, e-cigarettes (e-cigs, vaping devices, etc) and not willing to abstain during feeding periods.
  • Use of illicit drugs and not willing to abstain during feeding periods.
  • BMI ≥40 kg/m2
  • Seated blood pressure > 140/90 mm Hg
  • Fasting clinical lab tests outside acceptable value as ascertained at a screening blood draw°
  • Food allergies/intolerances or major dislikes to foods used in the study menus; unwilling to consume study foods.
  • Current use of specific prescription medication (study staff will review medications to determine eligibility)**
  • Regular (daily to weekly) use of over-the-counter weight-loss aids, anti-inflammatories, and unable to stop taking these during feeding periods
  • Unwilling to stop taking OTC dietary supplements that interfere with the test foods being studied, including pills, chewables, liquids or powders for the following: protein supplements, soy, fiber, flaxseed, fish oil (incl. cod liver oil), probiotics, glucosamine and chondroitin (if vitamin supplement is MD prescribed - may continue). Study staff will review supplements to determine eligibility
  • Oral or IV antibiotic use in the past 3 months (could defer participation until 3 months post completion of course of antibiotics)
  • Inability to freely give informed consent.
  • Fasting clinical lab tests outside acceptable value as ascertained at a screening blood draw:
  • Description [Acceptable Values]
  • Glucose-Fasting: Serum Glucose [54-125 mg/dl]
  • Urea: BUN [6-50mg/dl]
  • Serum Creatinine [0.4-1.3 mg/dl]
  • eGFR: estimated GFR [>60ml/min]
  • Serum Sodium [133-146 mmol/L]
  • ALT/GPT Liver Enzyme [5-60 U/L]
  • AST/GOT Liver Enzyme [5-40 U/L]
  • Alkaline Phosphatase Liver Enzyme [20-135 U/L]
  • Total Bilirubin Liver Function [0.0-1.9 mg/dl]
  • Total Serum Protein [5-9.0 g/dl]
  • Albumin Serum Protein [3.5-5.9 g/dl]
  • LDL Cholesterol [<160 mg/dl]
  • Triglycerides [<500 mg/dl]
  • WBC White Blood Cells [3-10.5 K/uL]
  • HCT (women) Hematocrit [35-48 g/dl]
  • HCT (men) Hematocrit [37.5-49 g/dl]
  • Medication use for exclusion:
  • Diuretics
  • Steroids (oral): daily oral any dose within 1 month of study, except OCP as noted below
  • Opiates: any use within 1 month of study
  • Anti-lipid medications that affect GI or renal function (ie. Fibrates)
  • Hyperglycemia medications other than metformin (ie. insulin, SGLT2 inhibitor, α-glucosidase inhibitor)
  • Psychiatric that affect metabolism/renal function (anti-psychotics, lithium)
  • Biologic/immune modulators (ie. RA, psoriasis, other rheumatologic/hematologic active disease)
  • Anti-coagulants (coumadin, heparin, Eliquis, etc.)
  • HIV/HAART, etc. (dyslipidemic)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98109

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About this study

The Seattle Dietary Biomarker Development Center (S-DBDC) aims to advance the science of measuring dietary intake by identification and validation of dietary biomarkers that improve upon self-reported diet. To accomplish this mission, the Seattle DBDC will carry out controlled feeding studies in healthy human volunteers. Metabolomics assays will be conducted on blood and urine specimens collected during the feeding studies for biomarker identification.

Read the detailed description

The central mission of the Seattle Dietary Biomarker Development (DBDC) is to advance the science of measuring complex dietary exposures by rigorous identification and validation of dietary biomarkers that improve upon measurement error prone self-reported diet. To accomplish this mission, the Seattle DBDC will conduct a set of two, randomized, crossover, 3-period controlled feeding trials to develop metabolomics-based blood and urine biomarkers of 4 individual foods (1) beef and pinto beans or 2) eggs and black beans) and determine the dynamic ranges and half-lives of the urinary and blood-based dietary biomarkers. The two trials use the exact same sample protocol and study procedures and will be conducted successively.

For each feeding trial, 15 healthy adults will complete three feeding periods in random order (all protein from beef (trial 1) or eggs (trial 2); 1/2 protein from beef (trial 1) or eggs (trial 2); and 1/2 protein from pinto beans (trial 1) or black beans (trial 2); all protein from pinto beans (trial 1) or black beans (trial 2)). Each feeding period will consist of a 2-day run-in of controlled feeding followed by a 7-day feeding period, with about a 7-day washout between feeding periods. Blood and urine specimens will be collected before, at the mid-point, and at the end of each feeding period. In addition, an all-day pharmacokinetic evaluation will be conducted for 2 of the 3 feeding periods (all beef and all pinto beans (trial 1); all eggs and all black beans (trial 2)). Stool samples will be collected before, and at the end of each feeding period and stored for future studies. The collected specimens will be used for study outcomes and archived for future studies.

Conditions
Healthy Adults
Being tested
Controlled feeding study of beef and/or pinto beans, Controlled feeding study of eggs and/or black beans
Keywords
Healthy Diet, Diet, Red meat, Eggs, Pinto beans, Black beans, Pharmacokinetics, Metabolomics

What participants receive

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

  • Controlled feeding study of beef and/or pinto beansOther

    Crossover feeding study of three, 7-day feeding periods with plant and/or animal proteins (beef, pinto beans, and half beef/half pinto beans) completed in random order.

  • Controlled feeding study of eggs and/or black beansOther

    Crossover feeding study of three, 7-day feeding periods with plant and/or animal proteins (eggs, black beans, and half eggs/half black beans) completed in random order.

Study groups in NCT05580653
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1) Beef then half beef and half pinto bean then pinto beanExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: Controlled feeding study of beef and/or pinto beans
2) Half pinto bean and half beef then pinto bean then beefExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: Controlled feeding study of beef and/or pinto beans
3) Pinto Bean then Beef then half pinto bean and half beefExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: Controlled feeding study of beef and/or pinto beans
4) Egg then half Egg and half black bean then black beanExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: Controlled feeding study of eggs and/or black beans
5) Half egg and half black bean, then black bean then eggExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: Controlled feeding study of eggs and/or black beans
6) Black bean then egg then half black bean and half eggExperimentalNot described
Receives: Other: Controlled feeding study of eggs and/or black beans

What is being measured

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

  1. Mean metabolite concentration at Day 7 for Beef

    Measured: Day 7

  2. Mean metabolite concentration at Day 7 for Pinto Bean

    Measured: Day 7

  3. Mean area under the curve of 24-hour metabolite concentration for Beef

    Measured: 0-24 hours

  4. Mean area under the curve of 24-hour metabolite concentration for Pinto Bean

    Measured: 0-24 hours

  5. Mean metabolite concentration at Day 7 for Egg

    Measured: Day 7

  6. Mean metabolite concentration at Day 7 for Black Bean

    Measured: Day 7

  7. Mean area under the curve of 24-hour metabolite concentration for Egg

    Measured: 0-24 hours

  8. Mean area under the curve of 24-hour metabolite concentration for Black Bean

    Measured: 0-24 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 Oct 2022
  2. Study start2 Mar 2023
  3. Primary completion17 Apr 2025
  4. Study completion17 Apr 2025

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
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Model description
Randomized cross-over
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05580653
Sponsor's protocol ID
RG1121654
Other IDs
USDA-NIFA 2022-67017-38475
Acronym
P1-SDBDC
Status last verified
Feb 2026
First submitted
12 Oct 2022
Last updated
20 Feb 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: We will comply with the NIH Data Sharing Policy. This trial will be registered at ClinicalTrials.gov. We will publish results in peer-reviewed journals. Data generated from this study will be sent to the Data Coordinating Center Center (DCC) at Duke University. The DCC will make study data available to other Consortium members (University of California Davis, Harvard University) in accordance with best practices for data safety and accessibility. Participants' data may be stored and shared for future research without additional informed consent if identifiable private information is removed. Use of participant data may result in commercial profit; however, participants will not be compensated for the use of their data other than what is described in the consent form. The final de-identified study data and results will be made publicly available, in accordance with NIH data sharing policies.

Publications

  • Chakraborty H, Sun Q, Bhupathiraju SN, Schenk JM, Mishchuk DO, Bain JR, He X, Sun J, Harnly J, Simmons W, Raftery D, Liang L, Newman JW, Fiehn O, Clish CB, Lampe JW, Bennett BJ, Navarro SL, Wang Y, Zheng C, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, McCullough ML, Huang Y, Shojaie A, Zhu W, Djukovic D, Sacks F, Williams J, Steinberg FM, Adams SH, Hu FB, Neuhouser ML, Slupsky CM, Maruvada P. The Dietary Biomarkers Development Consortium: An Initiative for Discovery and Validation of Dietary Biomarkers for Precision Nutrition. Curr Dev Nutr. 2025 Apr 5;9(5):107435. doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107435. eCollection 2025 May.

    PubMed 40641655

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study of Healthy Adults, run by Marian Neuhouser at 1 site in United States.

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 4 inclusion and 47 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 20 Feb 2026. 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 United States. 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?

Mean metabolite concentration at Day 7 for Beef (time frame: Day 7). The study lists 8 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 NCT05580653, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 20 Feb 2026.

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