Carotenoids for Collision Athletes

Completed · Early Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Head Injury, Carotenoids

In brief

This is a supplement study being conducted to find out if collision sport athletes who are exposed to repetitive head impacts while supplementing with carotenoids will have decreased pro-inflammatory blood biomarkers, increases in macular pigment optical density, improved contrast sensitivity, greater retinal nerve fiber thickness, and better overall visual quality of life scores compared to collision athletes taking a placebo.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06270680

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

31

Starts

2024-08-01

Expected to finish

2024-11-22

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Collision sport athletes:
• Penn State student ages 18 and over
• Any gender
• Participating in club, or intramural collision-sports and is willing to participate in this study (examples: hockey, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, rugby, boxing, basketball, cheer).

You may not qualify if…

• For all subjects:
• Subjects with concurrent injury that would impair their ability to perform the assigned procedures will be excluded.
• Under 18 years of age.
• Not a Penn State Student
• Not participating in a collision sport.
• Diagnosis of a learning disability impacting their capacity to consent.
• History of ocular or neurological disease (glaucoma, macular degeneration, MS, Parkinson's)
• Concussion diagnosis within the last calendar year.
• However, if a subject sustains a concussion during the course of the study, they may remain as an active participant if they wish to do so.

Where it is running

• The Pennsylvania State University — University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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