Clinical trials: Skeletal Muscle
Stroke, Inflammation
Inflammatory Abnormalities in Muscle After Stroke: Effects of Exercise
The purpose of this study is to first define whether abnormalities of skeletal muscle are related to the presence of inflammation and to poor motor performance and whether this can be modified by exercise interventions.
- Trial name
- NCT00387712
- Testing
- Velocity based treadmill training, Duration based treadmill training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Mechanisms Responsible for Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Energetic Impairment in Diabetes
Diabetes increases the risk of heart failure. This is mainly due to a disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle and/or high blood pressure, but abnormal metabolism may also contribute.
- Trial name
- DDCM (NCT00628056)
- Testing
- Perhexiline
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Birmingham
Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries
Testosterone Therapy With or Without Finasteride After Spinal Cord Injury: TRT-SCI Trial
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in lower limb muscle loss, bone loss, and high fat mass that impede the recovery of physical function, increase bone fracture risk, and worsen health and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injury, Spinal Cord Injuries, Injuries, Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Contusion
- Trial name
- TRT-SCI (NCT07742553)
- Testing
- testosterone cypionate, finasteride
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Mitochondrial Energetics, Dietary Nitrate
Effect of Dietary Nitrate on Immobilization-induced Changes in Skeletal Muscle in Young Healthy Men
Diminished use of skeletal muscle, such as occurs with many chronic diseases (e.g., heart failure or cancer cachexia), denervation, bedrest, immobilization (e.g., limb casting or bracing), etc., is a common clinical condition…
- Conditions
- Mitochondrial Energetics, Dietary Nitrate, Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Leg
- Trial name
- NCT07161973
- Testing
- Beetroot Juice - Active
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Hypercatabolism, Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Use Disorders
Sedation Protocols and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Mechanical Ventilated Patients
To investigate the effects of different sedation protocols on skeletal muscle metabolism in mechanical ventilated patients in ICU.
- Trial name
- NCT03402113
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese Medical Association
Skeletal Muscle Energy Metabolism
The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Skeletal Muscle Membrane Composition and Cellular Metabolism
The biological membranes that surround a cell and its organelles are vital to the overall function of the cell. Fatty acids are the main structural component of membranes, and the presence of specific fatty acids can alter a…
- Trial name
- NCT01732003
- Testing
- Omega-3 Complete
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Guelph
Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases
North Carolina Genomic Evaluation by Next-generation Exome Sequencing, 2
The "North Carolina Clinical Genomic Evaluation by Next-gen Exome Sequencing, 2 (NCGENES 2)" study is part of a larger consortium project investigating the clinical utility, or net benefit of an intervention on patient and family…
- Conditions
- Epilepsy; Seizure, Neuromuscular Diseases, Brain Malformation, Intellectual Disability
- Trial name
- NCGENES2 (NCT03548779)
- Testing
- Pre-visit prep, usual care + exome seq
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 548 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Breast Cancer
Effects of a Single Chemotherapy Administration on Skeletal Muscle of Breast Cancer Patients: Comparison of Paclitaxel vs Paclitaxel + Trastuzumab vs Paclitaxel + Carboplatine: the PROTECT-06 Bis Study
This study aims to investigate the acute effects (i.e. 4 days) of paclitaxel or paclitaxel vs trastuzumab or paclitaxel and carboplatine on skeletal muscle of breast cancer patients.
- Trial name
- PROTECT-06-bis (NCT06536556)
- Testing
- First Assessment, Second Assessment
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de cancérologie Strasbourg Europe
Skeletal Muscle Mass Regulation
The Effects of COX-inhibiting Drugs on Skeletal Muscle Adaptations to Resistance Exercise in Healthy Adults
In this study, healthy human subjects (18-35 yrs) are be randomised to consume 1200 mg ibuprofen or 75 mg acetylsalicylic acid daily during a training period of 8 weeks.
- Trial name
- NSAID2015 (NCT02531451)
- Testing
- Ibuprofen, Acetylsalicylic acid
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Muscle Atrophy, Disuse Atrophy (Muscle) of Lower Leg
The Regulation of Human Skeletal Muscle Mass by Contractile Perturbation
It is well known that periods of weight training lead to increases in skeletal muscle size and strength. In contrast, periods of inactivity such as bed rest or immobilization result in losses of skeletal muscle size and strength.
- Trial name
- HYPAT (NCT03046095)
- Testing
- Unilateral Resistance Exercise, Immobilization
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Critical Illness, Physical Disability
Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) Preserves Muscle Mass in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Background: Low-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) attenuates the loss of muscle mass of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Physical Disability, Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT05287919
- Testing
- Patients received the standard physical therapy (SPT) programme (passive mobilization) twice a day., Patients received the low-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), Patients received the medium-frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES)
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Gabriel Nasri Marzuca-Nassr
Heart Failure
The Effect of Nicotinamide Riboside on Skeletal Muscle Function in Heart Failure Subjects
Background: People are living longer and are more likely to survive a heart attack if they have one. Longer life expectancy is good but it also means more people get chronic heart failure over time.
- Trial name
- NCT03565328
- Testing
- Nicotinamide Riboside
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Aging, Metabolism Disorder
The Metabolic Effects of β-hydroxybutyrate on Working Skeletal Muscle
The goal of this clinical trial is to test ketone bodies in healthy elderly and young individuals. The main question it aims to answer are: Do ketone bodies improve skeletal muscle function? Participants will ingest a ketone…
- Conditions
- Aging, Metabolism Disorder, Ketonemia, Muscle Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT05732909
- Testing
- D-β-hydroxybutyrate/D 1,3 butanediol monoester
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Obesity
Mechanisms Underlying Postoperative Insulin Resistance and Inflammation
Having an operation places an enormous burden on the body, leading to the development of inflammation and so called 'insulin resistance'.
- Trial name
- NCT01470534
- Testing
- carbohydrate drink, Muscle biopsy, Blood sampling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Unilateral Lower Limb Suspension (Simulated Microgravity)
Unloaded Minds - How Prolonged Unloading Shapes Human Performance in Lunar Gravity
During spaceflight and lunar missions, reduced gravitational loading causes the muscles and nervous system to decondition rapidly.
- Trial name
- UnloadedMinds (NCT07607340)
- Testing
- Unilateral lower limb suspension
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Aging, Mobility Disability
The Impact of Biological Mechanisms of Aging on Response Variability to Resistance Training in Older Adults
To critically examine biological, clinical, and behavioral modulators of progressive resistance training-associated exercise response heterogeneity in physical function and whole-body metabolism in older adults.
- Trial name
- BRIO (NCT06940037)
- Testing
- Progressive Resistance Training, Health Education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Muscular Atrophy, Insulin Resistance
Human Skeletal Muscle Response to 5 Days of Bedrest in Young Adults
The goal of this intervention trial is to characterize skeletal muscle atrophy in healthy, young adults during short term bedrest.
- Conditions
- Muscular Atrophy, Insulin Resistance, Muscle Protein Synthesis
- Trial name
- FABRIC (NCT07178353)
- Testing
- Bedrest
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Mitochondrial Biogenesis
Time-course of Mitochondrial Biogenic Gene and Protein Expression in Exercised Human Skeletal Muscle
This study examines the impact of exercise intensity on the 12-hour time-course of mitochondrial biogenic gene and protein expression in human skeletal muscle.
- Trial name
- NCT03975777
- Testing
- LO, HI
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brendon Gurd, PhD
Healthy
Human Beta-2 Adrenergic Stimulation and Muscle Glucose Uptake
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of two weeks clenbuterol/placebo supplementation on skeletal muscle glucose disposal in healthy male volunteers.
- Trial name
- NCT03800290
- Testing
- Clenbuterol Hydrochloride
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin Resistance
Day-Night Rhythm in Human Skeletal Muscle
This study evaluates the existence of a day-night rhythm in skeletal muscle energy metabolism in healthy lean subjects. Subjects will stay at the research facility for 44 hours with a standardized living protocol during which…
- Trial name
- NCT02261168
- Testing
- Standardized living protocol
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center