Clinical trials: Protein Metabolism
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome
Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns
Early Check provides voluntary screening of newborns for a selected panel of conditions. The study has three main objectives: 1) develop and implement an approach to identify affected infants, 2) address the impact on infants and…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Fragile X Syndrome, Fragile X - Premutation, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- NCT03655223
- Testing
- Confirmatory Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome 1, Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Brain Metabolism Observed at 3 Tesla or 7 Tesla in Health and Metabolic Disease
The goal is to develop methodology to monitor flux in the citric acid cycle in brain via 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy at 7 Tesla or 3 Tesla.
- Conditions
- Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome 1, Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Epilepsy, Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome 1, Autosomal Recessive
- Trial name
- NCT05085704
- Testing
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Liver Steatosis, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Amino Acid Supplementation on Liver Lipid Content and Protein Metabolism in Obese Children
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an eight-week dietary supplementation with essential amino acids plus arginine on liver and plasma lipid content, whole-body fat oxidation, whole-body insulin sensitivity…
- Conditions
- Liver Steatosis, Insulin Resistance, Whole Body Protein Metabolism, Body Composition, Beneficial
- Trial name
- NCT02337894
- Testing
- Essential amino acids plus arginine
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Familial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia 1
Baby Detect : Genomic Newborn Screening
Newborn screening (NBS) is a global initiative of systematic testing at birth to identify babies with pre-defined severe but treatable conditions.
- Conditions
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Familial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia 1, Phosphoglucomutase 1 Deficiency, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young
- Trial name
- BabyDetect (NCT05687474)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 6,824 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege
Inactivity, Physical, Aging
Oral 'Breath Test' to Measure Anabolic Sensitivity to a Protein Meal Across the Age and Physical Activity Spectrum
The purpose of this study is to determine how anabolic sensitivity, in response to the ingestion of a liquid protein meal, differs across the lifespan, between biological sexes, and with varying physical activity levels.
- Conditions
- Inactivity, Physical, Aging, Healthy Aging, Growth & Development
- Trial name
- NFRF (NCT06744491)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Propionic/Methylmalonic Acidemias, Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Selective Screening of Children for Hereditary Metabolic Diseases by Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Kazakhstan
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are not have specific clinical signs, they masquerade as other diseases, and are difficult to diagnose using only clinical manifestations or routine laboratory tests.
- Conditions
- Propionic/Methylmalonic Acidemias, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Citrullinemia, Argininosuccinic Aciduria
- Trial name
- NCT05910151
- Testing
- Obtaining Dry Blood Spots From Healthy Newborns (Aged 1-7 Days), Obtaining Dry Blood Spots From Healthy Children Aged 8 Days - 7 Years, Obtaining Dry Blood Spots From Healthy Children Aged 8-18 Years
- Where
- Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 2,250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- West Kazakhstan Medical University
Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Fat and Sugar Metabolism During Exercise in Patients With Metabolic Myopathy
This study aims to characterize the pathophysiological mechanisms of 21 different metabolic myopathies. The study will focus on exercise capacity and the metabolic derangement during exercise.
- Conditions
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Long-Chain 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT02635269
- Testing
- Sugar
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet