Status:

COMPLETED

Protein Intake and Step Reduction in Older Adults

Lead Sponsor:

McMaster University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Dairy Council

Conditions:

Aging

Muscle Loss

Eligibility:

All Genders

65-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Sarcopenia, the loss in muscle mass with age, is associated with several negative health outcomes including cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This loss of muscle mass remains relati...

Detailed Description

The age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass, termed sarcopenia, is associated with a host of metabolic disease states including, but not limited to, cancer, stroke, microvascular disease, type 2 d...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Free of any chronic conditions
  • Non smoker
  • Non diabetic
  • No consumption of medications known to affect protein metabolism
  • No allergies to dairy proteins
  • Moderately active (3500-10,000 steps per day)
  • No use of a walker or assistive walking device

Exclusion

  • Cigarette use, diabetic, non active, use of a walker, consumption of drugs known to affect protein metabolism

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 23 2016

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

32 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03285737

Start Date

March 23 2016

End Date

November 1 2017

Last Update

March 22 2018

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Exercise Metabolism Research Laboratory, McMaster Univeristy

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1