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ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
NCT06065657
PHASE2/PHASE3

Effect of Nutritional Ketosis on Alcohol Metabolism

Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

The research study is being conducted in health controls to better understand the effects of ketosis on brain functioning after 3 different, randomly assigned, 3-day dietary interventions and the acute effects of alcohol after consuming about 4-5 alcohol beverages. The labs visits will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to study the brain, measuring levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), lactate, neurotransmitters glutamate, and Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

21 Years - 50 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

23

Start Date

2024-02-29

Completion Date

2026-12-01

Last Updated

2026-04-07

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ketone Supplement

Ketone supplement 3x day with control diet for 3 days.

OTHER

Control Diet

Control Diet breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 3 days.

OTHER

Ketogenic diet

Ketogenic Diet breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 3 days.

DRUG

Ethanol

After 3 days of diet intervention, participants will receive alcohol drinks that dose-adjusts for body weight and sex differences in pharmacokinetics and calculated to obtain a final breath alcohol concentration of 0.08%

Locations (1)

University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States