Effect of Nicotinamide Riboside on Ketosis, Fat Oxidation & Metabolic Rate

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity

In brief

Background: At least 30% of Americans have fatty liver disease. This means that they store too much fat in the liver. At the moment lifestyle changes are the only way to treat this problem. Objective: To test how (1) a low-carbohydrate diet and (2) a supplement called nicotinamide riboside (NR) affect how a person s body uses dietary fat. Eligibility: Men aged 18 to 65 and women aged 18 to 50 who are healthy volunteers with a body mass index (height to weight ratio) of 25 or more. Adults with maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY2) are also needed. Design: Participants with diabetes will have 1 screening visit and a 9-day clinic stay. Healthy volunteers will have 1 screening visit and 2 clinic stays of 1 to 2 weeks each. During screening, all participants will have a physical exam with blood and urine tests. They will have their heart rhythm measured while riding a gym bike. NR is a pill taken by mouth. Only healthy volunteers will take the NR, for 14 days at a time, during 1 clinic stay. During their other stay, they will take placebos; these are pills that look like the study supplement but contain no NR. During each clinic stay, all participants will eat a normal American diet. Then they will eat a ketogenic "low-carb" diet for 5 days. Participants will have many tests, including: Sleeping every night and having two 24-hour stays in a special room that measures the gases their body uses and produces. Drinking a high-fat shake, then remaining seated for 5 hours while their blood and breath are monitored. Having a substance injected into the arm and remaining seated for 3 hours while their blood is measured. Wearing monitors to measure their activity levels. Another monitor will measure their blood glucose levels. Having imaging scans. ...

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06044935
Run by: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
People needed: 100
Starts: 2024-01-08
Expected to finish: 2028-01-31
Last updated by the study team: 2026-05-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
Taking prescription medications or other drugs or supplements that may influence energy metabolism or nutrient digestion or absorption (including, but not limited to, diet/weight-loss medication or other medications at the discretion of the PI and/or study team)
Indicators of liver disease; combination of both albumin < 2.8 mg/mL and bilirubin > 3 mg/mL
Individuals with significant medical comorbidities (e.g., non-MODY2 diabetes, NYHA Class >II heart failure, or CKD Stage II or worse, or American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Class 3 or above)
Individuals taking prescription medications to treat hypertension in participants without MODY2
Participating in a regular exercise program (> 2h/week of vigorous activity) as determined by volunteer report
Positive pregnancy test (only for people who can get pregnant)
Hematocrit < 40% (men only)
Hematocrit <37% (women only)
Caffeine consumption > 300 mg/day as determined by volunteer report
Alcohol consumption > 3 drinks per day for men or > 2 drinks per day for women as determined by volunteer report
Regular use of tobacco (smoking or chewing), e-cigarettes (a.k.a. vapes), nicotine patches, or illicit drugs over past 6 months as determined by volunteer report. Subjects may also be excluded based on a urine drug test.
Psychological conditions as determined by volunteer report such as (but not limited to) eating disorders, depression, bipolar disorders, that would be incompatible with safe and successful participation in this study, as determined by investigators
Volunteers with strict dietary concerns (e.g. vegetarian or kosher diet, food allergies) or a reported dislike of a significant fraction of the study foods
Unwilling or unable to comply with or perform all study procedures (e.g. cycling or activities of daily living), or unavailability for the duration of the study, as determined by participant or investigator discretion
Unwilling or unable to adhere to Lifestyle Considerations throughout study duration, as determined by participant or investigator discretion
Volunteers unwilling or unable to give informed consent
Participants with a measured Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) more than 30% above or below the predicted REE based on Mifflin St Jeor equation

Where it is running

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland, United States (enrolling)

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