Acute Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) Intake in Young and Older Participants

NCT ID: NCT03830268

Last Updated: 2020-03-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-06-02

Study Completion Date

2019-06-25

Brief Summary

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Compare plasma metabolites following different conditions paired with a dietary MCT beverage over an 8-hour metabolic day protocol in young and older participants.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Ketonemia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

10 young and 10 older participants undergoing six separate but identical metabolic visits (interventions)
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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MCT intake in young participants

Different conditions paired with a dietary MCT beverage over an 8-hour metabolic day protocol in young participants.

Interventions:

1. No MCT intake with breakfast, no lunch (i.e. CTL)
2. No MCT intake with lunch, no breakfast (i.e CTL inverted)
3. 10g of Betaquik with breakfast, no lunch (i.e BQ10)
4. 20g of Betaquik with breakfast, no lunch (i.e BQ20)
5. 10g of Betaquik with low-carbs breakfast, no lunch (i.e BQ10LC)
6. 10g of Betaquik with lunch, no breakfast (i.e BQ10 inverted)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

No MCT intake with breakfast, no lunch

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Water given with a regular standardize breakfast and water given at noon without lunch.

No MCT intake with lunch, no breakfast

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Water given in the beginning of the metabolic study day without breakfast and water given at noon with a regular standardize lunch.

10g of Betaquik

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

BQ10 given with a regular standardize breakfast and BQ10 given at noon without lunch.

10g of Betaquik with low-carbs breakfast

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

BQ10 given with a low-carbs standardize breakfast and BQ10 given at noon without lunch.

20g of Betaquik

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

BQ20 given with a regular standardize breakfast and BQ20 given at noon without lunch.

10g of Betaquik with lunch, no breakfast

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

BQ10 given in the beginning of the metabolic study day without breakfast and BQ10 given at noon with a regular standardize lunch.

MCT intake in older participants

Different conditions paired with a dietary MCT beverage over an 8-hour metabolic day protocol in older participants.

Interventions:

1. No MCT intake with breakfast, no lunch (i.e. CTL)
2. No MCT intake with lunch, no breakfast (i.e CTL inverted)
3. 10g of Betaquik with breakfast, no lunch (i.e BQ10)
4. 20g of Betaquik with breakfast, no lunch (i.e BQ20)
5. 10g of Betaquik with low-carbs breakfast, no lunch (i.e BQ10LC)
6. 10g of Betaquik with lunch, no breakfast (i.e BQ10 inverted)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

10g of Betaquik

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

BQ10 given with a regular standardize breakfast and BQ10 given at noon without lunch.

Interventions

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No MCT intake with breakfast, no lunch

Water given with a regular standardize breakfast and water given at noon without lunch.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

No MCT intake with lunch, no breakfast

Water given in the beginning of the metabolic study day without breakfast and water given at noon with a regular standardize lunch.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

10g of Betaquik

BQ10 given with a regular standardize breakfast and BQ10 given at noon without lunch.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

10g of Betaquik with low-carbs breakfast

BQ10 given with a low-carbs standardize breakfast and BQ10 given at noon without lunch.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

20g of Betaquik

BQ20 given with a regular standardize breakfast and BQ20 given at noon without lunch.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

10g of Betaquik with lunch, no breakfast

BQ10 given in the beginning of the metabolic study day without breakfast and BQ10 given at noon with a regular standardize lunch.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Other Intervention Names

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CTL CTL inverted BQ10 BQ10LC BQ20 BQ10 inverted

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 10 health young (20-40 y old) and 10 health older (\> 60 y old) participants
* Men and women

Exclusion Criteria

* smoking
* diabetes (fasting glucose \>7.0 mmol/l and glycated hemoglobin \>6.9%)
* strenuous aerobic exercise more than three times a week
* untreated hypertension, dyslipidemia, and abnormal renal, liver, heart or thyroid function
* under medication known to affect triglycerides and carbohydrates metabolism (i.e. diuretics, beta-blockers, steroids, insulin sensitizing)
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Université de Sherbrooke

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Rearsh Centre on Aging

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Cunnane SC, Courchesne-Loyer A, St-Pierre V, Vandenberghe C, Pierotti T, Fortier M, Croteau E, Castellano CA. Can ketones compensate for deteriorating brain glucose uptake during aging? Implications for the risk and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 Mar;1367(1):12-20. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12999. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26766547 (View on PubMed)

Croteau E, Castellano CA, Fortier M, Bocti C, Fulop T, Paquet N, Cunnane SC. A cross-sectional comparison of brain glucose and ketone metabolism in cognitively healthy older adults, mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease. Exp Gerontol. 2018 Jul 1;107:18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.07.004. Epub 2017 Jul 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28709938 (View on PubMed)

Courchesne-Loyer A, Croteau E, Castellano CA, St-Pierre V, Hennebelle M, Cunnane SC. Inverse relationship between brain glucose and ketone metabolism in adults during short-term moderate dietary ketosis: A dual tracer quantitative positron emission tomography study. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2017 Jul;37(7):2485-2493. doi: 10.1177/0271678X16669366. Epub 2016 Jan 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27629100 (View on PubMed)

Courchesne-Loyer A, Fortier M, Tremblay-Mercier J, Chouinard-Watkins R, Roy M, Nugent S, Castellano CA, Cunnane SC. Stimulation of mild, sustained ketonemia by medium-chain triacylglycerols in healthy humans: estimated potential contribution to brain energy metabolism. Nutrition. 2013 Apr;29(4):635-40. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.09.009. Epub 2012 Dec 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23274095 (View on PubMed)

Castellano CA, Nugent S, Paquet N, Tremblay S, Bocti C, Lacombe G, Imbeault H, Turcotte E, Fulop T, Cunnane SC. Lower brain 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake but normal 11C-acetoacetate metabolism in mild Alzheimer's disease dementia. J Alzheimers Dis. 2015;43(4):1343-53. doi: 10.3233/JAD-141074.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25147107 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2017-714

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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