Predicting Dietary Selenium Needs to Achieve Target Blood Selenium Levels

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Nutritional Requirements

In brief

In this study, we will evaluate the effectiveness of several doses of oral selenomethionine in raising biomarkers of selenium status including plasma selenium concentrations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00803699

Run by

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

People needed

262

Starts

2005-11-01

Expected to finish

2007-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• able to swallow capsules
• body mass index less than 40

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnancy
• Chronic liver or kidney disease
• taking medication that might affect liver and/or kidney
• blood pressure 140/90 or higher
• already taking more than 50 micrograms of selenium

Where it is running

• USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center — Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

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