Clinical trials: Muscle Loss
Muscle Loss in Elderly
The Effects of Resistance Training and Protein Supplementation in Healthy Elderly Men and Women.
The main objective of this study is to examine the effects of resistance type exercise training combined with nutritional support on body composition and muscle characteristics in healthy elderly men and women.
- Trial name
- NCT01004588
- Testing
- Protein drink
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Sarcopenia
Impact of Orally Administered BPM31510 on Mitochondrial Energetics in Older Adults With Sarcopenia
This study is being done to gather data on whether oral supplementation of CoQ10 is enriched in the blood and muscles in older adults with sarcopenia.
- Trial name
- COQ10 (NCT04999488)
- Testing
- BPM31510
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
Breast Cancer Survivorship, Sarcopenia
Nutrition, Exercise, and Breast Cancer Survivorship
The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of resistance training on the reasons (mechanisms) underlying the development of fatigue, muscle weakness and wasting (sarcopenia), and impaired physical functioning (poor…
- Trial name
- NCT01151488
- Testing
- Resistance Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baltimore VA Medical Center
Mitochondrial Energetics, Dietary Nitrate
Effect of Dietary Nitrate on Immobilization-induced Changes in Skeletal Muscle in Young Healthy Men
Diminished use of skeletal muscle, such as occurs with many chronic diseases (e.g., heart failure or cancer cachexia), denervation, bedrest, immobilization (e.g., limb casting or bracing), etc., is a common clinical condition…
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Energetics, Dietary Nitrate, Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Leg
- Trial name
- NCT07161973
- Testing
- Beetroot Juice - Active
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Inflammation, Immune System
Design and Development of a Functional Plant-based Beverage to Improve Nutritional Status and Immunity for the Early Elderly People to Get Well-healthy Ageing
In 2018, for the first time, the number of people aged 65 and over exceeded the number of children under the age of 5. A rise in ageing societies is coming, and new efforts are needed to ensure that this increase in life…
- Trial name
- Immugold (NCT07409480)
- Testing
- Functional plant-based beverage, Control Beverage
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Muscle Weakness, Muscle Loss
Physical Activity as Intervention Against Age-related Loss of Muscle Mass and Function
A minimum of 450 healthy individuals (62-70 years old) will be recruited. Each individual will be randomized into one of three groups stratified according to gender (M/F), BMI (≤28/>28), and 30 sec chair stand (≤11/>11).
- Conditions
- Muscle Weakness, Muscle Loss, Sarcopenia, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- LISA (NCT02123641)
- Testing
- Heavy resistance training, Moderate intensity training, Control
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 451 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Genetics of Pediatric-Onset Motor Neuron and Neuromuscular Diseases
The goal of this study is to establish a genetic registry of patients with early-onset motor neuron and neuromuscular diseases. The investigators will collect samples from patients with a motor neuron or a neuromuscular disorder…
- Conditions
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy With Respiratory Distress 1
- Trial name
- NCT02532244
- Testing
- sample collection
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Obesity
Pea Protein and Muscle Mass During Weight Loss
A pilot study comparing the effects of pea protein versus whey protein on the preservation of muscle mass and functionality in individuals undertaking a weight loss regimen.
- Trial name
- NCT04123938
- Testing
- Pea Protein, Whey Protein, Maltodextrin
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Newborn Screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - a Proof of Principle Study Using Anonymised Blood Spots.
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disorder caused by the absence of a functional survival of motor neuron 1, telomeric (SMN1) gene. Type I SMA, a lethal disease of infancy, accounts for the majority of cases.
- Trial name
- NCT05237544
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 5,065 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Lipodystrophy Syndrome, HIV, Sarcopenia
Detraining in People Living With HIV/AIDS
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of detraining in the components of physical aptitude of people living with HIV/Aids (PVHA).
- Trial name
- PVHA (NCT03075332)
- Testing
- combined training
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 2 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Frailty, Sarcopenia
Investigation of the Effects of Frailty and Sarcopenia on Postoperative Recovery and Complications in Geriatric Patients
After obtaining ethical approval, 42 patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) scores I-III who were scheduled for surgery under general anesthesia were included in our prospective study.
- Trial name
- NCT06889714
- Testing
- ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Phenotype, Genotype and Biomarkers 2
The purpose of this study is to learn more about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other related neurodegenerative diseases, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), hereditary spastic…
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Progressive Muscular Atrophy
- Trial name
- PGB2 (NCT04875416)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, South Africa
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Muscle Loss
A Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of ACE-031 (ActRIIB-IgG1)in Healthy Postmenopausal Volunteers
Single center, randomized, single dose study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of ACE-031 in healthy postmenopausal volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT00755638
- Testing
- ACE-031
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ USA
Geriatric, Sarcopenia
Investigation of Respiratory Muscle Sarcopenia in Geriatric Individuals
The increase in the elderly population worldwide necessitates further research on age-related physiological changes and health problems related to these changes in geriatric individuals.
- Conditions
- Geriatric, Sarcopenia, Diaphragm
- Trial name
- NCT06994598
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi
Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Biofluid Research on Age-Related or Inherited Neurodegeneration
The aim of this study is to contribute to and continue to sustain a repository of blood samples, nucleic acid (DNA and/or RNA) samples, family history information, and other demographic information from individuals with…
- Conditions
- Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (fFTLD)
- Trial name
- BRAIN (NCT07798700)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Sarcopenia
Nutritional Biomarkers of Sarcopenia
This study proposes to characterize skeletal muscle amino acid kinetics to an EAA challenge, i.e., an oral amino acid tolerance test (OATT), in order to determine the state of muscle health.
- Trial name
- NCT05117112
- Testing
- XS Muscle Multiplier
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
All Diagnosed Health Conditions, ADD/ADHD
At-Home Research Study for Patients With Autoimmune, Inflammatory, Genetic, Hematological, Infectious, Neurological, CNS, Oncological, Respiratory, Metabolic Conditions
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- Conditions
- All Diagnosed Health Conditions, ADD/ADHD, Alopecia Areata, Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Trial name
- NCT01931644
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17,667 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sanguine Biosciences
Sarcopenia, Muscle Loss
Effect of Strength Training and Protein Ingestion in Old Versus Very-old
From 3 interventiongroups in the project with ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT02034760, namely: HRTW: Heavy Strength Training x3/week \& 20g whey protein twice daily.
- Trial name
- NCT02105922
- Testing
- Heavy Resistance Training, Light Intensity Training, Protein Whey
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Diabetes, Pre-diabetes
Weight Loss and/or Exercise Training to Discover Muscle Lipids Related to Insulin Sensitivity
The investigators will use exercise training and weight loss to discover localized lipid species related to diabetes risk in people.
- Trial name
- NCT02043405
- Testing
- Weight loss and exercise training intervention, Weight loss Only Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Muscle Atrophy, Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Leg
The Regulation of Human Skeletal Muscle Mass by Contractile Perturbation
It is well known that periods of weight training lead to increases in skeletal muscle size and strength. In contrast, periods of inactivity such as bed rest or immobilization result in losses of skeletal muscle size and strength.
- Trial name
- HYPAT (NCT03046095)
- Testing
- Unilateral Resistance Exercise, Immobilization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University