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Blueberry for Muscle Injury

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Waitlist Available
Led By David C Nieman
Research Sponsored by Appalachian State University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up change from pre-exercise to post-exercise (immediately after, and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-days after
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Study Summary

This trial will see if blueberries can help with muscle soreness and damage after a workout, by measuring levels of oxylipins in the blood.

Eligible Conditions
  • Muscle Injury

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~change from pre-exercise to post-exercise (immediately after, and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-days after
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and change from pre-exercise to post-exercise (immediately after, and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-days after for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids
Secondary outcome measures
Serum concentration of creatine kinase
Urine concentration of hippuric acid

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Placebo Group
Group I: BlueberryExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
26 g freeze-dried blueberry powder per day or approximately one cup fresh blueberries equivalent; two weeks intake.
Group II: PlaceboPlacebo Group1 Intervention
26 g placebo powder per day matched for color, taste, aroma; two weeks intake.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Blueberry
2017
N/A
~210

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Appalachian State UniversityLead Sponsor
40 Previous Clinical Trials
2,148 Total Patients Enrolled
David C NiemanPrincipal InvestigatorAppalachian State Univ
2 Previous Clinical Trials
144 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Blueberries and Exercise Inflammation
2021. "Blueberries and Exercise Inflammation". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05184855.
~15 spots leftby Apr 2025
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