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Amino Acid

Sulphur amino acids for Healthy Subjects

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Led By Glenda Courtney-Martin, MSc, PhD, RD

Research Sponsored by The Hospital for Sick Children

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Consent provided

Aged 60 to 90 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to 24 months

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Study Summary

This trial will help to determine the protein requirements for elderly adults, specifically the amino acids methionine and cysteine.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to 24 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to 24 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 24 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Determination of total sulphur amino acid requirements in adults >60 years of age

Secondary outcome measures

Determination of minimum sulphur amino acid requirements in adults >60 years of age

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Sulphur amino acids in Adults > 60Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Total sulphur amino acid, as methionine only: all subjects will receive up to 7 methionine test levels, without dietary cysteine, assigned in random order. Minimum methionine, with excess dietary cysteine: all subjects will receive up to 7 methionine test levels, in the presence of excess and constant dietary cysteine, assigned in random order.

0 / 6Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

The Hospital for Sick ChildrenLead Sponsor

684 Previous Clinical Trials

6,944,980 Total Patients Enrolled

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)OTHER_GOV

1,338 Previous Clinical Trials

25,751,954 Total Patients Enrolled

Glenda Courtney-Martin, MSc, PhD, RDPrincipal InvestigatorThe Hospital for Sick Children

2 Previous Clinical Trials

90 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Would this study be interested in adult volunteers over the age of 20?

"This particular trial is only for individuals aged 60 to 90. However, there are 52 clinical trials for children and 390 for elderly individuals."

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Is patient recruitment still underway for this research?

"That is correct. The clinical trial is recruiting patients, as reflected in the information available on clinicaltrials.gov. The posting date was 10/10/2020, and the most recent update was on 1/14/2022. The study plans to enroll 40 patients from 1 site."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Sulphur Amino Acid Requirements in Adults >60 Years

Glenda Courtney-Martin 2020. "Sulphur Amino Acid Requirements in Adults >60 Years". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04595188.