The Impact of Sucrose Ingestion During Exercise on Liver and Muscle Glycogen Concentration.

NCT ID: NCT02110836

Last Updated: 2015-08-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

14 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-04-30

Brief Summary

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Carbohydrate is stored in the body as glycogen, which is mainly found in the liver and muscle. During endurance exercise, muscle glycogen is used as fuel for the working muscles and liver glycogen is broken down to provide glucose to maintain blood glucose (sugar) levels. Both liver and muscle glycogen are important for the ability to perform intense/prolonged endurance exercise. Therefore, nutritional strategies which can maximise the availability of glycogen in muscle and liver can benefit endurance exercise capacity.

The carbohydrates typically found in sports drinks are glucose and sometimes fructose. If glucose only is ingested during exercise, then the maximum rate at which can be absorbed from the intestine into the blood stream is \~1 g/min. However, if different sources of carbohydrate (fructose) are used, which are absorbed through a different pathway, absorption of carbohydrate can be up to \~1.8 g/min. With more carbohydrate available as a fuel, this translates into an improvement in performance.

Sucrose is a naturally occurring sugar that is made up of a single glucose and single fructose molecule. Therefore, theoretically, this can use the two different pathways of absorption and also maximise carbohydrate delivery. It is not yet known however, what impact this has on our liver and muscle glycogen stores during exercise. Therefore the aim of this study is to assess whether sucrose ingestion influences liver and muscle glycogen depletion during endurance exercise.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Liver and Muscle Glycogen Use During Exercise.

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Glucose ingestion

Glucose ingestion during exercise at a rate of 1.8 g/min.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Glucose ingestion

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Glucose ingestion during exercise at 1.8 g/min

Sucrose ingestion

Sucrose ingestion during exercise at a rate of 1.8 g/min.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Sucrose ingestion

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Sucrose ingestion during exercise at 1.8 g/min

Interventions

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Glucose ingestion

Glucose ingestion during exercise at 1.8 g/min

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Sucrose ingestion

Sucrose ingestion during exercise at 1.8 g/min

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy
* Male
* 18 - 35 years of age
* Endurance trained cyclist/triathlete
* VO2 max ≥ 50 ml/kg/min

Exclusion Criteria

* Use of medication
* Smoking
* Metabolic disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Maastricht University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sugar Nutrition, UK

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Javier Gonzalez, PhD

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Javier Gonzalez, PhD

Research Fellow

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Luc van Loon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Maastricht University

Locations

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Northumbria University

Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Gonzalez JT, Fuchs CJ, Smith FE, Thelwall PE, Taylor R, Stevenson EJ, Trenell MI, Cermak NM, van Loon LJ. Ingestion of glucose or sucrose prevents liver but not muscle glycogen depletion during prolonged endurance-type exercise in trained cyclists. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Dec 15;309(12):E1032-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00376.2015. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26487008 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NUSUCA

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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