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Healthy Volunteers OnlyEVEXNCT06334653

Exercise-regulated Organ Crosstalk, Influence of IL-6

A study testing exercise in people with Healthy Volunteers Only and Energy Metabolism, run by Helga Ellingsgaard 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

Overall the study investigates organ crosstalk during exercise. More specifically, the study investigates the role of IL-6 in regulating glucose, fatty acid, and amino acid kinetics at whole body level and in skeletal muscle, liver, and brain. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 45 years, men only
Conditions the study is for
Healthy Volunteers Only, Energy Metabolism
What is being tested?
exercise
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
30 participants
Where
1 siteDenmark
Study dates
9 Apr 2024to 25 Jun 2024
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 45 years
  • Men only
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Minimum age: 18 years
  • Maximum age: 45 years
  • Minimum BMI: 18
  • Maximum BMI: 25
  • Sex: Male
  • Healthy (based on screening)
  • Stable body weight for 6 months
  • VO2max (mL/kg/min) ≥ 50

Who cannot join

  • Smoking
  • Thyroid disease
  • Heart disease
  • Inflammatory diseases
  • Current infection
  • Liver disease (transaminases more than 2x upper normal range)
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  • Kidney disease (creatinine more than1.5 mg/dl)
  • Known immunosuppressive disease
  • Corticosteroid use
  • Regular NSAID or paracetamol usage
  • Aspirin use more than 100 mg/d
  • History of carcinoma
  • History of tuberculosis
  • Anemia (hematocrit less than 33%)
  • WBC less than 1 x 10^3
  • Platelets less than 100 x 10^3
  • Bleeding disorders
  • Obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Femoral hernia
  • Vascular prosthesis
  • Vascular thrombosis
  • Previous nerve damage
  • Many previous femoral catheter installations

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Denmark1 site
  • Rigshospitalet

    Copenhagen, Capital Region, 2100

Other trials in Denmark

About this study

Overall the study investigates organ crosstalk during exercise. More specifically, the study investigates the role of IL-6 in regulating glucose, fatty acid, and amino acid kinetics at whole body level and in skeletal muscle, liver, and brain. Furthermore, the study investigates the uptake and release of extracellular vesicles in skeletal muscle, liver, and brain in reponse to exercise.

Being tested
exercise
Keywords
tocilizumab, exercise, IL-6, extracellular vesicles, energy, muscle, liver, brain
Medical subject headings
Motor Activity

What participants receive

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

  • exerciseOther

    acute exercise bout

Study groups in NCT06334653
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorSaline infusion
Receives: Other: exercise
TocilizumabExperimentalIL-6 receptor antibody infusion (8 mg/kg body weight, max 800 mg)
Receives: Other: exercise

What is being measured

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

  1. Whole body substrate kinetics.

    Comparing rates of appearances (Ra) and disappearances (Rd) of glucose, glycerol, palmitate, amino acids between placebo and IL-6R ab at rest, during exercise, and recovery.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  2. Tissue specific utilization and production of substrates.

    Comparing, between placebo and IL-6Rab, by measuring in plasma, the Ra and Rd of substrates in muscle, liver, and brain at rest, during exercise, and recovery using the non-steady-state equations of Steele adapted for stable isotopes.

    Measured: Comparisons between study arms are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  3. IL-6 regulation of protein synthesis and degradation.

    Comparing differences in protein synthesis and degradation rates between placebo and IL-6Rab at rest, during exercise, and during recovery from exercise.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  4. Number of EVs from muscle, liver, and brain.

    Comparing the number of EVs deriving from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done before exercise (time points 255 and 270 minutes).

  5. Size of EVs from muscle, liver, and brain.

    Comparing EV size deriving from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done before exercise (time points 255 and 270 minutes).

  6. EVs from muscle, liver, and brain.

    Comparing the content of EVs deriving from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done before exercise (time points 255 and 270 minutes).

  7. Influence of exercise on EV number.

    Comparing the number of EVs deriving from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain in response to exercise.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done throughout a 1-hour exercise bout (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes).

  8. Influence of exercise on EV size

    Comparing EV size deriving from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain in response to exercise.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done throughout a 1-hour exercise bout (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes).

  9. Influence of exercise on EV content.

    Comparing the content of EVs deriving from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain in response to exercise.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done throughout a 1-hour exercise bout (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes).

  10. Tissue specific proteomic content of EVs.

    Comparing differences in proteomic content of EVs from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain in response to exercise.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at the end of a 1-hour exercise bout (330 minutes).

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Lactate.

    Differences in plasma lactate from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain comparing placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  2. Pyruvate.

    Differences in plasma pyruvate from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain comparing placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  3. Keto acids.

    Differences in plasma keto acids from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain comparing placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  4. Ketone bodies.

    Differences in plasma ketone bodies from skeletal muscle, liver, and brain comparing placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  5. Influence of IL-6 on fatty acid oxidation rates.

    Comparing, between placebo and IL-6R ab, differences in fatty acid, e.g. palmitate oxidation rates, at whole body level and in skeletal muscle, liver, and brain.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  6. Influence of IL-6 on insulin.

    Comparing differences in plasma insulin concentrations between placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  7. Influence of IL-6 on glucagon.

    Comparing differences plasma glucagon concentrations between placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  8. Influence of IL-6 on epinephrine.

    Comparing differences in plasma epinephrine concentrations between placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  9. Influence of IL-6 on norepinephrine.

    Comparing differences in plasma norepinephrine concentrations between placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  10. IL-6 levels.

    Comparing differences in plasma IL-6 concentrations between placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  11. Influence of IL-6 on substrate usage.

    Differences in respiratory exchange ratio comparing placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).

  12. Influence of IL-6 on perceived exertion.

    Differences in rate of perceived exertion during exercise comparing placebo and IL-6R ab.

    Measured: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes).

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Mar 2024
  2. Study start9 Apr 2024
  3. Primary completion25 Jun 2024
  4. Study completion25 Jun 2024

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
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
30 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06334653
Sponsor's protocol ID
H-23069670
Acronym
EVEX
Status last verified
Apr 2024
First submitted
13 Mar 2024
Last updated
1 Oct 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Hvidemose JO, Trinh B, Vassilieva A, Fenger AW, Bjerring PN, van Hall M, Clemmesen JO, Sigurethsson SThorn, Moller K, van Hall G, Febbraio MA, Pedersen BK, Plomgaard P, Ellingsgaard H. Autocrine Signaling may Regulate Exercise-Induced Interleukin-6 Release from Human Skeletal Muscle. Mol Metab. 2026 Sep 18:102441. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2026.102441. Online ahead of print.

    PubMed 42759885

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing exercise in people with Healthy Volunteers Only and Energy Metabolism, run by Helga Ellingsgaard 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 8 inclusion and 23 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 1 Oct 2024. 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. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. 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?

Whole body substrate kinetics. (time frame: Comparisons between placebo and IL-6R ab are done at rest (time points 255 and 270 minutes), during exercise (time points 285, 300, 315, and 330 minutes) and during recovery from exercise (time points 345, 360, and 390 minutes).). The study lists 10 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 NCT06334653, 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 1 Oct 2024.

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