Changes in Circulatory I-FABP in Elderly Persons in Daily Life

June 7, 2017 updated by: Suzanne Stokmans, University Medical Center Groningen

Changes in Circulatory I-FABP in Elderly Persons in Daily Life: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this study is to detect changes in circulatory I-FABP values (50% increase) in elderly volunteers following the combination of moderate physical activity and a standard meal.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

34

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

75 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 75 years or older (both sexes)
  2. Participating in the Embrace project.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Previous gastrointestinal resections
  2. Chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disease

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: IFABP assessment (1 study group)
30 elderly volunteers
Behavioral: Walking test
Walking test to increase cardiac output, maximum 12 minutes
Behavioral: Standard Meal
After the walking test, volunteers eat a standard warm meal

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
50% increase of I-FABP in plasma.
Time Frame: 2 hours
2 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Medical Center Groningen

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: BL van Leeuwen, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Principal Investigator: JJ de Haan, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 7, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 10, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

July 13, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 8, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2017

Last Verified

June 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NL54574.042.16

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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