Clinical trials: Nitrate Supplementation
Cardiomyopathy
Acute Dietary Nitrate in Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Acute consumption of dietary nitrate (as beetroot juice) has been shown to improve exercise capacity in athletes, healthy adults and subjects with both peripheral vascular disease or COPD.
- Trial name
- NCT02471417
- Testing
- Dietary nitrate
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Dietary Supplements: Beetroot Juice Acute Supplementation, Dietary Supplement: Placebo Acute Supplementation
Acute Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Cognitive Function and Neuromuscular Performance in Elite Female Taekwondo Athletes
Beetroot juice is a good source of nitrate (NO3-), which is a precursor of nitric oxide (NO) through the NO3- to nitrite (NO2-) to NO pathway (Lundberg et al., 2008).
- Trial name
- BEET_TAEKWONDO (NCT06675305)
- Testing
- Beetroot juice (James White, UK)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Nutrition, Physical Performance
The Effects of Nitrate Supplementation on Elite Runners
This study analyzed the effects of 15 days of beetroot juice supplementation on different performance measures in elite Spanish distance runners
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Physical Performance, Sport Physiology, Nitrates
- Trial name
- NCT03449992
- Testing
- nitrate-rich beetroot juice
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Postmenopausal Women
Postmenopausal Women and Their Endothelium
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of a one time dose and 7-days of inorganic nitrate (supplied in the form of beetroot juice) on blood vessel function and resting blood pressure in healthy, postmenopausal women.
- Trial name
- NCT03644472
- Testing
- nitrate rich beetroot juice, nitrate depleted beetroot juice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University