Pre-analytical Sample Handling Conditions and Their Effects on the Human Urine Metabolome

Completed

Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

This study evaluates how urine handling conditions can affect the concentrations of \~1,000 urine metabolites and attempts to quantify the degree of attenuation and/or potential bias in epidemiologic associations that may result from less than optimal sample handling conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03063502

Run by

USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

People needed

13

Starts

2017-02-27

Expected to finish

2017-02-27

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-03

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 20 to 65 years at beginning of study.
• BMI between 18.5 and 35.0 kg/m2.

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, liver disease, gout, hyperthyroidism, untreated or unstable hypothyroidism, certain cancers, gastrointestinal disease, pancreatic disease, other metabolic diseases, or malabsorption syndromes.
• Unable or unwilling to give informed consent or communicate with study staff.
• Other medical, psychiatric, or behavioral factors that in the judgment of the Principal Investigator may interfere with study participation or the ability to follow the intervention protocol.

Where it is running

• USDA-ARS, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center — Beltsville, Maryland, United States

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