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NCT07689994
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Evaluation of the Effect of a Seaweed Flour- and Leucine-Enriched Food on Metabolic and Inflammatory Status in Older Adults With Probable Sarcopenia or Sarcopenia

Sponsor: Finis Terrae University

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Summary

Sarcopenia and probable sarcopenia are associated with loss of muscle strength, functional impairment, frailty, and an increased risk of adverse outcomes in older adults. In short-term interventions, structural or functional changes may be modest, whereas certain serum biomarkers of metabolic-nutritional response may be more sensitive. In this protocol version, serum transthyretin (TTR) has been selected as the primary outcome, without assuming that it represents, by itself, a direct measure of muscle mass or overall clinical efficacy.

Official title: Evaluation of the Effect of a Seaweed Flour- and Leucine-Enriched Food on Metabolic and Inflammatory Status in Older Adults With Probable Sarcopenia or Sarcopenia: A Prospective, Controlled, Randomized, Double-Blind, Three-Arm Parallel Clinical Trial

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

60 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

102

Start Date

2026-08-01

Completion Date

2027-03-01

Last Updated

2026-07-08

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Standard chocolate-flavored cake

Participants will consume one standard chocolate-flavored cake serving daily for 28 days, without added leucine or seaweed flour.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Leucine-Enriched Chocolate Cake

Participants will consume one chocolate-flavored cake serving supplemented with 3 g of leucine daily for 28 days.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Leucine Plus Seaweed Flour-Enriched Chocolate Cake

Participants will consume one chocolate-flavored cake serving supplemented with 3 g of leucine and 3 g of Durvillaea incurvata flour daily for 28 days.

Locations (1)

Universidad Finis Terrae

Santiago, Chile