Improving Tissue Repair After Injury in the Muscle-tendon Interface Muscle Tissue Injury

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Conditions studied: Muscle Injury

In brief

The study is a 2-week human study where 40 patients who are scheduled to undergo reconstructive knee surgery are randomized to administration of GH or placebo following or without neuromuscular electrical stimulation of hamstring muscles.The overall aim is to determine, the role of muscle connective tissue protein synthesis in muscle injury and repair.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05746650

Run by

Bispebjerg Hospital

People needed

40

Starts

2023-02-24

Expected to finish

2027-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy men and women scheduled to undergo reconstructive knee surgery
• BMI 18-35

You may not qualify if…

• Former or current use of growth hormone or anabolic steroids
• Use of corticosteroids in the past 3 months
• Use of any medication known to affect muscle or tendon turnover
• Former participation in a study using deuterated water
• Chronic diseases

Where it is running

• Bispebjerg Hospital — Copenhagen, Denmark (enrolling)

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