Status:
RECRUITING
Animal and Microbial-based Dietary Protein Efficiency in Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Daniel Moore
Collaborating Sponsors:
Lesaffre International
Conditions:
Protein Metabolism
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Given the relatively high carbon footprint and sustainability of animal-based proteins, there is a growing interest in determining the nutritional quality non-animal-based protein sources. The overall...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy, male and female, recreationally-active participants.
- Healthy will be defined as screened by the PAR-Q+ (Appendix B) and The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Appendix C).
- Participants will be aged 18-45 years old.
- Participants are willing to abide by the compliance rules of this study.
- Self-reported regular menstrual cycle (25-35d) within the last 3 months (female participants).
- Use of monophasic combined oral contraceptives (COC) containing 21 active pills (e.g., Yaz, Marvelon, Cyclen, etc.; the brand of COC will be recorded) (female participants).
Exclusion
- Inability to adhere to any of the compliance rules judged by principal investigator (e.g. dairy protein or yeast allergy).
- Self-reported regular tobacco use.
- Self-reported illicit drug use (e.g., growth hormone, testosterone, etc.).
- Individuals who have participated in studies within the past year involving any of the stable isotopes in the study.
- Use of multiphasic COCs due to the difficulty of controlling for hormonal fluctuations in such formulations (female participants).
- Use of COCs containing \>21 active pills per cycle due to potential differences in their effect on metabolism (female participants).
- Use of other forms of hormonal contraception (e.g., progestin-only pill, hormonal IUD, intravaginal ring) (female participants).
- Not currently or previously (in the past 6 months) on a vegan diet
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
13 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07148908
Start Date
July 1 2025
End Date
December 31 2025
Last Update
August 29 2025
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Kinesiology & Physical Education
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C9