Methionine Tolerance in Healthy Human Adults
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Healthy
In brief
Participants will receive four different doses of methionine through four month long interventions with a two week wash-out period in between intervention. The dose will increase with each intervention. Two visits during each intervention will also involve receiving stable isotope infusion to determine the metabolism of methionine in the body. Participants will also be monitored via blood work and questionnaires regarding overall health.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02566434
- Run by
- Texas A&M University
- People needed
- 15
- Starts
- 2015-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-09-26
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 79. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be a healthy male or female according to the investigator's or appointed staff's judgment
- Age 40 - 79 years.
- Must be willing to lay in bed for 4 hours on the long study days (LD)
- Have a stable body weight within the past 3 months (< 5% change)
You may not qualify if…
- History of cardiovascular disease
- Metabolic diseases including hepatic or renal disorder
- Presence of acute illness or metabolically unstable chronic illness
- Unwilling to stop taking nutritional supplements containing proteins or free amino acids within 5 days of the first study day until study completion
- Have not taken or participated in any nutritional supplement study program within the past 4 weeks
- Any other condition according to the PI or nurse that would interfere with the study or safety of the subject or influence the results
- Pregnancy
- Unwilling to comply with any other rules set forth in the Informed Consent Form
Where it is running
- Texas A&M University-CTRAL — College Station, Texas, United States
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