Resveratrol Supplementation on Exercise in Healthy Sedentary Adults

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Resveratrol Supplementation on Exercise in Healthy Sedentary Adults

Previous animal studies have found that resveratrol supplementation significantly increased aerobic capacity. The investigators conducted a randomized placebo-controlled cross-over study to assess whether resveratrol could provide similar benefits in humans.

All participants were assigned to two 4-week treatment periods, with a 2 week washout in-between. During one period, volunteers in received resveratrol and during the other period, they received identical-appearing placebo.

The primary outcome of interest was change in exercise capacity, as measured by change in exercise duration on constant load exercise testing and change in aerobic capacity (peak VO2) on incremental exercise testing. Secondary outcomes were tolerability and side-effects associated with resveratrol.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Resveratrol; Drug: placebo

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 13
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L6
      • The Ottawa Hospital -General Campus

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 63 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• between the age of 18-65 years
• healthy, sedentary as per CDC (Less than 150 minutes of moderate activity[brisk walking] or less than 75 minutes of strenuous activity [jogging] on a typical week)
• not planning a significant change in their level of physical activity during the study period
• have a body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 30
• give informed consent and be willing to comply with protocol requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

• have heart disease, lung disease, and liver disease
• be unable to perform maximal exercise on a cycle ergometer ("maximal" defined by attainment of peak heart rate or ventilation within 15% of the predicted maximum or a respiratory quotient of > 1.15). It should be noted that maximal does not imply normal aerobic capacity
• use medications that may affect exercise performance ( β-blockers, Ca channel blockers
• be a smoker or have a past history of smoking more than total 5 pkg/year
• be pregnant or lactating
• use oral contraceptives
• have severe or unstable medical illness
• have blood/urine screening test results outside of the normal reference range and deemed clinically significant by the clinical investigator. Note: only minor variations in screening results outside of the normal references ranges will be permitted.
• take an anticoagulant, antiplatelet, NSAID, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, estrogen, SERM, immunosuppressant, vasodilator drug; or a significant medication metabolized via cytochrome P450 enzymes
• have current or history of a hormonal disorder, including cancer
• have a bleeding disorder, autoimmune condition
• have allergies to any of the ingredients in the study product or placebo
• have thrombosis of lower extremities
• have electrolyte abnormalities
• have recent myocardial infarction (i.e. within one year or less)
• have unstable angina
• have uncontrolled arrhythmia's causing symptoms or haemodynamic compromise
• have active endocarditis
• have acute myocarditis or pericarditis
• have symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
• have uncontrolled heart failure
• have acute non-cardiac disorder that may affect exercise performance or be aggravated by exercise (i.e. infection, renal failure, thyrotoxicosis)
• have a left main coronary stenosis or its equivalent
• have moderate stenotic valvular heart disease
• have severe untreated arterial hypertension (>200 mmHg systolic, >120 mmHg diastolic)
• have significant pulmonary hypertension
• have tachyarrhythmias or bradyarrhythmias
• have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• have mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate
• have high-degree atrioventricular block
• have cardiac (bradyarrhythmias, ventricular tachycardia, myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypotension, and shock) and non-cardiac (musculoskeletal trauma, severe fatigue, dizziness, fainting, body aches) complications.
• have kidney disease
• have excessive vomiting
• be dehydrated

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Resveratrol; Group A Participants will received resveratrol 500 mg twice daily for 1 week then 1000 mg twice daily for 3 weeks, according to tolerance. They will discontinue medication for 2 weeks. The will receive placebo for 4 weeks.	Drug: Resveratrol; Group A: resveratrol 1000 mg (500 mg twice) daily for 1 week then by tolerance and safety 2000 mg (1 000mg twice) daily for 3 weeks, followed by no medication for two weeks and then placebo for twice daily for 4 weeks.
Placebo Comparator: Placebo; Group B (n=6) Will receive placebo for 4 weeks, they will discontinue medication for two weeks. Then receive resveratrol for 4 weeks	Drug: placebo; Participants will receive placebo daily for 4 weeks, followed by no medication for two weeks and then resveratrol 1 000 mg(500 mg twice) daily for 1 week, then by tolerance and safety 2 000 mg (1 000 mg twice) daily for three weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in duration of constant load exercise	The primary outcome would be the change in constant load exercise duration between baseline and follow-up visits, expressed as a percent change from the baseline constant load test. The average change from baseline will be compared between the experimental and control groups.	Phase I: Baseline and 4 weeks; Phase II (cross-over phase): 6 weeks and 10 weeks
Change from baseline in aerobic capacity(peak VO2)	The aerobic capacity (peak VO2)is assessed by incremental exercise tests.	Phase I: Baseline and 4 weeks; Phase II (cross-over phase): 6 weeks and 10 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Number of participants with Adverse Events	up to 10 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Nha Voduc, MD, The Ottawa Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Voduc N, la Porte C, Tessier C, Mallick R, Cameron DW. Effect of resveratrol on exercise capacity: a randomized placebo-controlled crossover pilot study. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2014 Oct;39(10):1183-7. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2013-0547. Epub 2014 Apr 30.

Helpful Links

• click here to view trial results

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 6, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): June 8, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): June 23, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 20, 2014
• Last Verified: June 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Protective Agents; Antioxidants; Resveratrol
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2008540-01H