Clinical trials: Medium Chain Triglycerides
Healthy Adults
Evaluation of the Ketogenic Potential of Different Diet Supplements
Evaluate the capacity of different dietary supplements to increase ketone production in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02693106
- Testing
- Control, Leucine, Butyrate -
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Cholestasis, Jaundice, Obstructive
SMOFlipid to Lessen the Severity of Neonatal Cholestasis
Parenteral nutrition (PN) provides intravenous nutritional supplementation for infants unable to absorb adequate enteral nutrients secondary to insufficient intestinal length or function.
- Trial name
- NCT02721277
- Testing
- SMOFlipid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Prediabetic State
Medium Chain Triglycerides and Aerobic Exercise on Ketone Production in Women With or Without Prediabetes
The aim of this study is to compare the effect on ketone production of dietary an MCT supplement combined or not with physical exercise in two groups of women (N=10/group), healthy adults and patients with prediabetes.
- Trial name
- MCT+AE (NCT02678390)
- Testing
- MCT, MCT+ aerobic exercise, Aerobic exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Healthy
Effect of MCT Emulsification on Ketogenesis in Human Adults
Lower brain glucose uptake is present before the onset of cognitive deterioration and may increase the risk of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. Ketones are the brain's main alternative energy substrates.
- Trial name
- NCT02409927
- Testing
- MCT oil 10g, MCT homogenate 10g, Control
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Healthy Adults
Comparing the Ketogenic Effect of Coconut Oil and Different MCTs
The aim of this study is to compare the ketogenic effect of coconut oil and three MCT oils (60-40 , tricaprylin and triheptanoate) on the production of ketones in healthy adults.
- Trial name
- MCT-Coco (NCT02679222)
- Testing
- Coconut oil, Coconut oil + MCT, MCT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke