Clinical trials: Muscle Loss
Muscle Function
Muscle in Obesity: Imaging, Function and microRNA
Growing evidence suggests that dynapenic abdominal obesity is associated with a greater risk of falls, functional disability and hospitalisation compared to those with dynapenia, obesity or neither phenotype.
- Trial name
- NCT04300504
- Testing
- observational study
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Atrophy, Muscular, Atrophy, Disuse
Blood Flow Restricted Electrical Stimulation During Immobilisation
Following injury or surgery to a limb, it is often immobilised to allow tissue healing. Short periods of disuse cause loss of muscle size and strength and impaired mechanical properties of tendons, which leads to reduced…
- Trial name
- NCT05093985
- Testing
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation with blood flow restriction
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St Mary's University College
Sarcopenia, Aging
Effects of Polyphenol Supplementation and Exercise on Physical Performance in Older Adults
After approximately age 40 years, individuals experience a natural loss of muscle mass, strength, and physical function that is linked to higher risks of falls, disability, loss of independence, and mortality.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Aging, Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT07441343
- Testing
- Polyphenol Rich-Extract, Resistance Band-Based & Aerobic Stationary Cycling Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Chris McGlory, PhD
Kidney Diseases, Muscle Loss
Protein and Exercise Training in Chronic KIDNEY Disease
When patients progress to the final stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and require hemodialysis treatment, they typically have lost so much muscle function that they are no longer physically independent.
- Trial name
- PET KIDNEY (NCT05482243)
- Testing
- Whey protein
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Sarcopenia
Multicomponent Intervention for Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia
The SPRINTT study will evaluate the efficacy of a multicomponent intervention programme (physical activity, nutritional counselling/dietary intervention, and information and communications technology intervention) compared with a…
- Trial name
- SPRINTT (NCT02582138)
- Testing
- Multicomponent intervention (MCI), Healthy Aging Lifestyle Education (HALE)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Neuromuscular Disease
Clinical Trial of Exercise in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
This study is being conducted to test whether exercise can be effectively used as an intervention to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).
- Trial name
- NCT01166022
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Sarcopenia
PET/CT of Skeletal Muscle Amino Acid Kinetics
Our goal is to develop and test a new imaging technique to help scientists study sarcopenia, the process by which muscle becomes weaker with age.
- Trial name
- NCT01698424
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3
Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Motor Deficits in People With Spinal Muscular Atrophy - Upper Limb
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has shown remarkable efficacy in restoring motor function in people with spinal cord injury by recruiting afferent input to enhance the responsiveness of spared neural circuits to residual cortical…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type II, Spinal Muscular Atrophy 4
- Trial name
- NCT06300996
- Testing
- Spinal Cord Stimulator (Octopolar Medtronic Vectris Leads)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marco Capogrosso
Neuromuscular Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Safety, Usability, and Effectiveness of a Gait Exoskeleton for Children and Adolescents With Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Neurodevelopmental disorders often result in abnormal development of the Central Nervous System (CNS), frequently causing motor dysfunctions such as the inability to stand and walk.
- Trial name
- NCT07159360
- Testing
- CLINICAL EXPLORER
- Where
- 2 sites in Mexico, Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MarsiBionics
Sarcopenia
Nutrition and Exercise for Sarcopenia
The investigators' general hypothesis is that nutritional factors, including protein/energy malnutrition and/or an impaired response of muscle to nutrition, and inactivity play significant roles in developing sarcopenia, the…
- Trial name
- NCT00872911
- Testing
- Amino acids, Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Muscle Atrophy, Age-Related Sarcopenia
Impacts of Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibition on Aged Human Muscle (Rapamune)
As people age, muscle mass and function is lost and exercise training is an important way to reduce the effects of this and remain independent.
- Trial name
- Rapamune (NCT05414292)
- Testing
- Rapamune (sirolimus) 1Mg Tablet, Unilateral resistance exercise training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Sarcopenia
Muscle Mass and Function in Chinese Adults
To describe the normal range of muscle mass and function in Chinese adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02089971
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 412 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abbott Nutrition
Muscular Atrophy
Biological and Functional Markers for Precision Astronautical Biomedicine
In the current study the investigators will study early biomarkers of human degradation. In 10-day horizontal bed rest the investigators will enroll 10 healthy male subjects (18-30years, BMI 20-28kg/m2).
- Trial name
- MARS-PRE (NCT04081467)
- Testing
- Bed rest
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Science and Research Centre Koper
Energy Expenditure, Atrophy, Muscular
Energy Balance in Extreme Environments: Finding the EI Limit
This project is feasibility study looking at extreme exercise and possible diet intervention study to counter muscle and weight loss during a 2 person Greenland Ski Traverse in April 2023.
- Conditions
- Energy Expenditure, Atrophy, Muscular, Energy Intake
- Trial name
- StOMPE (NCT05773469)
- Testing
- Exercise, Nutrition
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Sarcopenia
Technological Processes on Quality of Meat
This project aims to assess the impact of technological processes of meat, as cooking conditions, on amino acid bioavailability and protein metabolism.
- Trial name
- NCT02157805
- Testing
- beef meat
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Aging, Sarcopenia
Resistance Exercise and Low-Intensity Physical Activity Breaks in Sedentary Time to Improve Muscle and Cardiometabolic Health
What are the effects of resistance exercise (RE) alone or RE plus low intensity physical activity (LPA) breaks in sedentary time (ST) on skeletal muscle health in older adults? What are the effects of resistance exercise (RE)…
- Conditions
- Aging, Sarcopenia, Disability Physical, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- REALPA (NCT03771417)
- Testing
- Exercise Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University and A&M College
Muscle Composition, Sarcopenia
Effects of Increased, Egg-Based Protein Intake on Muscle Composition,
This study is designed to assess the effect of a diet-controlled nutrition program utilizing an egg-based higher protein diet on muscle composition and size, and indices of metabolic health and markers of systemic inflammation in…
- Conditions
- Muscle Composition, Sarcopenia, Hypertrophy, Inflammation
- Trial name
- S25 (NCT01396915)
- Testing
- Dietary Protein Intake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Sarcopenia
Muscle Ultrasound for Sarcopenia Leading to Early Detection
Sarcopenia is an age-related loss of muscle mass that may affect over 25% of individuals over the age of 60 and results in a 3 to 4 times increased likelihood of developing a disability.
- Trial name
- MUSCLED (NCT02319850)
- Testing
- DXA scanning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Sarcopenia
The Characteristics of Gut Microbiota in Patients With Sarcopenia and the Development of Probiotics
The primary aim of this study is to identify the composition and characteristics of the gut microbiota in patients with sarcopenia in older adults, and compare these with the gut microbiota characteristics of older adults and…
- Trial name
- NCT07334210
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Age-related Muscle Decline
CALM-AF-AI: Counteracting Age-related Loss of Muscle With AAV-Follistatin Combined With Angiogenesis-Inducing VEGF Plasmid Gene Therapy
This Phase 1/2a, open-label, non-randomized study is designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of intramuscular AAV9-Follistatin gene therapy administered either as monotherapy or in combination with a VEGF-encoding…
- Trial name
- CALM-AF-AI (NCT07443826)
- Testing
- AAV9-Follistatin gene therapy, VEGF Plasmid
- Where
- Honduras
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unlimited Biotechnology LLC