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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
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
Conditions
Interventions
Standard chocolate-flavored cake
Participants will consume one standard chocolate-flavored cake serving daily for 28 days, without added leucine or seaweed flour.
Leucine-Enriched Chocolate Cake
Participants will consume one chocolate-flavored cake serving supplemented with 3 g of leucine daily for 28 days.
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