Breath Analysis & Malnutrition

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Malnutrition

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to understand how breath is related to nutritional status. The procedures involved in this study include blood and breath sampling, questionnaires about health history, medications, nutritional status and diet, and a physical examination. Breath markers will be compared between individuals with and without malnutrition and be compared to indicators of malnutrition. Some individuals will undergo an interventional study involving 2 days of consuming study beverages and fasting along with providing additional breath samples to see if the breath changes in response to short-term changes in nutritional status.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06115148

Run by

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

People needed

12

Starts

2023-08-17

Expected to finish

2026-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age: 18-95 years
• Malnutrition group (Cross-sectional study only); not involved in intervention: Diagnosed with malnutrition (verified in medical history)

You may not qualify if…

• Chronic kidney, liver or pulmonary disease
• Anabolic steroid use other than testosterone (e.g., oxandrolone)
• Patients judged unsuitable for enrollment by the study medical investigator
• Pregnant women or women who are nursing
• Unable or unwilling to consume study beverages or fast for 24 hours each arm

Where it is running

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States (enrolling)

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.