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N/A N=33 Randomized Single-blind Basic Science

Training Effects on Skeletal Muscle Fatty Acid Metabolism

Healthy Volunteers

Enrolled (actual)
33
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2015
Primary outcome: Primary: Insulin Sensitivity as Measured by Hyperinsulinemic Euglycemic Clamp at a Single Time Point (6 Hrs) After Intralipid or Glycerol Infusion — 8; 12; 6; 11 M value — p=<0.05

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
20% lipid infusion (Drug); glycerol (Drug)
Age
Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of Minnesota
Primary completion
Jan 2014

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Insulin Sensitivity as Measured by Hyperinsulinemic Euglycemic Clamp at a Single Time Point (6 Hrs) After Intralipid or Glycerol Infusion
8; 12; 6; 11 <0.05 sig

Summary

We are interested in how skeletal muscle processes fat and how this may affect insulin resistance. This is an important question since insulin resistance predates and predicts type 2 diabetes. We know that if pharmaceutical grade fat is infused into people, they develop insulin resistance. Likewise, we would like to infuse pharmaceutical grade fat into trained subjects, believing that trained subjects will have less insulin resistance, less decline in muscle energy function, and less accumulation of fat metabolites than untrained subjects. For comparing the effects of the pharmaceutical grade fat infusion, we will also have a group of trained and untrained subjects given a control (glycerol) infusion. Glycerol is basically the same as pharmaceutical grade fat infusion without the fat component.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Regardless of training status, age range will be from age 18 to 45. We will be limiting the upper age range because increased age is associated with sarcopenia and alteration of fiber type 29 and we would like to limit the confounding effects of age.
  • We will define the lean group by a BMI of 45 min/day, ≥ 5 days/week) and preferably be currently or recently participating in competitions (within 2 years).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Regardless of training status, subjects must not be on medications that may affect lipid levels, specifically lipid lowering agents, birth control pills or diuretics.
  • The subjects should not be on a high fat diet (> 45% fat) as measured by a screening questionnaire. We will also administer a PAR-Q questionnaire (attached) to establish whether the subject will be safe for exercise testing. - The female subjects must not be pregnant. A pregnancy test will be performed prior to all study visits.
  • If screening TG are > 300 (based on 1st visit results) or fasting glucose > 100 (based on 1st visit results), the subjects will be excluded.
  • If the subject is allergic to eggs (used in lipid emulsions), soybeans(used in lipid emulsions), or lipid emulsions the subject will be excluded from the study.
  • Subjects taking anti-platelet agents (if anti-platelet agent cannot be held for seven days) and subjects taking anticoagulation therapy will be excluded.
  • Subjects with clinically significant medical issues or a history of hematologic (platelets 2X nl), renal (Cr > 1.5), pulmonary, or cardiac abnormalities (including abnormal EKG) will also be excluded.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00786487). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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