Clinical trials: Energy Availability
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
Energy Availability in Male Athletes Across the Season
The aim of proposed cohort observational study is assessing the risk of low energy availability and relative energy deficiency in sport in competitive adult male athletes.
- Trial name
- EAMAS (NCT05259969)
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Primorska
Nutrition, Absorption
Bioavailability From Chickpea Meals in Ileostomists?
The matrix of a food can significantly affect how well humans can absorb and use nutrients. Plants like fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and legumes have cell walls that form a network around their cells.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Absorption, Polyphenolic Compounds and Metabolism, Polyphenols Absorption Profile
- Trial name
- NCT06921811
- Testing
- Intact chickpeas, Broken chickpeas
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Body Weight Changes, Eating Disorder Symptom
Body Weight Regulation, Disordered Eating Behaviour, and Experiences of Sexual Harassment in Female Martial Art Athletes
Athletes in martial arts compete in categories separated by body weight, hence, many athletes need to adjust their habitual body weight during periods with competition preparation.
- Conditions
- Body Weight Changes, Eating Disorder Symptom, Sexual Harassment, Covid19
- Trial name
- FMAB (NCT04559542)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Bone Density, Energy Availability
Low Energy Availability, Menstrual Irregularity, and Low Bone Mass
This study examines the role of energy availability on menstrual function and bone mass in female adolescent endurance athletes.
- Trial name
- NCT01059968
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Diet; Deficiency, Exercise Intervention
Influence of Low Energy Availability on Skeletal Muscle and Cardiovascular Health
The project is designed as a randomized controlled intervention trial in which 60 young trained (n = 30) (Population A) and recreationally active (n = 30) women (Population B) with regular menstruation are divided into four…
- Trial name
- LEA (NCT04821076)
- Testing
- Diet intervention - caloric restriction, Exercise intervention, Diet intervention - Energy balance
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Menstrual Irregularity
Timing of Energy Availability on Menstrual Cycle Function
The primary aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate how fasted prolonged exercise may influence circulating reproductive hormones (i.e., estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone) and menstrual cycle length when energy…
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT06471582)
- Testing
- Artificially Sweetened Carbohydrate Beverage, Artificially Sweetened Beverage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
Unravelling Energy Issues Underpinning Low Energy Availability in High Performance Athletes
The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how the body responds to short-term, severe low energy availability (LEA) in healthy, weight-bearing endurance athletes aged 18-45 years old.
- Trial name
- NCT07026175
- Testing
- Diet-induced low energy availability, Exercise-induced low energy availability
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Australian Catholic University
RED S, Eating Disorders
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (REDs) in Swedish Athletes
Background: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) describes impairment of health and performance due to problematic (long-term/severe) low energy availability (LEA), with or without eating disorders.
- Trial name
- REDs-Sweden (NCT06371963)
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Linnaeus University
Female Athlete Triad
Energy Availability in Female Athletes
The purpose of this project is to study the impact of energy availability (EA) on female endurance athletes and the adaptive consequences of insufficient EA with a special reference to the impact on energy metabolism…
- Trial name
- NCT03593382
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Diet, Healthy, Food Selection
Increased Proportion of Lower Energy Density Items vs. Nutritional Labelling at an Online Supermarket
This study will be a 2x2 randomised controlled trial with information-based intervention (no labelling / labelling) and structural intervention (default proportion / increased proportion of lower energy density food items) as…
- Trial name
- NCT04340791
- Testing
- Increased proportion of lower energy density items, Labelling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
Using Energy Availability as a Strategy to Explore the Effects of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport on Athletes
The goal of this type of study:clinical trial is to test, compare etc. In describe participant population health conditions. Participants will diet record,maintain training and life.
- Trial name
- NCT05649267
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chen Ming You
Obesity
The Effects of Mastication on Energy Release From Walnuts
With an emphasis on oral processing, this study seeks to characterize the mechanisms that account for the high satiation properties of walnuts and low energy yield during digestion.
- Trial name
- NCT02927028
- Testing
- Chewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Contraception, Bone Metabolism
Bone Metabolism in Premenopausal Exercising Women
The main goal of this study is to examine how sex hormones and low energy availability affect the concentrations of bone remodelling markers at rest and after a running protocol.
- Conditions
- Contraception, Bone Metabolism, Low Energy Availability, Eumenorrhea
- Trial name
- BeWOMEN (NCT06961773)
- Testing
- Low energy availability, High energy availability
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
Low Energy Availability and Pituitary Function (LEAP Study)
The purpose of this study is to learn more about reproductive hormones and if they change in response to 5-days eating an individualized, standardized diet at two levels: energy balance and low energy intake.
- Trial name
- LEAP (NCT05808647)
- Testing
- 5-day controlled metabolic dietary intake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Athlete, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
Preventing Athlete Under-fueling Through Nutrition.
The goal is to improve nutrition screening and support for Division III athletes. The study will use standard, low-risk nutrition screening methods, such as measuring height, weight, grip strength, and body composition, as well…
- Conditions
- Athlete, Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, Low Energy Availability
- Trial name
- PERFORM (NCT07136038)
- Testing
- Low Energy Availability Screening and Nutrition Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Eating Behavior
Assessing the Influence of Sport Nutrition Education to Lower the Risk of Low Energy Availability in Elite Athletes
Athletes in low energy availability (LEA) are at increased risk of developing the Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (RED-S) syndrome (Mountjoy et al., 2018).
- Trial name
- NCT05709678
- Testing
- Standard Education, Enhanced Education
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Anovulation, Amenorrhea
Effects of Gynecological Age on LH Sensitivity to Energy Availability
The purpose of this experiment is to investigate whether the dependence of luteinizing hormone pulsatility on energy availability declines during adolescence.
- Conditions
- Anovulation, Amenorrhea, Infertility, Starvation
- Trial name
- NCT00260286
- Testing
- Energy availability
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
Focus: to Compare a Commercially Available Energy Drink, B Vitamins, Caffeine Alone, and Placebo for Effectiveness on Perceived Energy Level and Wakefulness
Efficacy of Energy Shots and Caffeine for Energy and Wakefulness Levels
The line of "5-hour Energy"® products are available over-the-counter as energy supplements. The appeal of these products involves ease of use, low caloric value, and the absence of sugar to prevent a "crash" later in the day.
- Trial name
- NCT01755299
- Testing
- Regular "5-hour Energy", Decaf "5-hour Energy", Compounded concentrated caffeine liquid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ProMedica Health System
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
Short Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism and Energy Metabolism
Gut microbiota is being increasingly recognized as an important factor in fat distribution, insulin sensitivity and glucose and lipid metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT01826162
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Vascular Stiffness, Hypertension (HTN)
Low Energy Availability and Hypertension in Division I HBCU Athletes
Low energy availability (LEA) occurs when the body does not get enough calories to support both daily life and exercise. This can happen when athletes train hard but do not eat enough to match their energy needs.
- Conditions
- Vascular Stiffness, Hypertension (HTN), Nutritional Deficiency Related Cardiovascular Risk in Athletes
- Trial name
- CORE-DI (NCT07583940)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University