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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05383833
Creatine to Augment Bioenergetics in Alzheimer's (CABA)
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes memory and thinking problems. Current medications may temporarily help with symptoms but cannot stop the disease from getting worse. As such, new treatments that slow or stop the disease from progressing are needed.
There is some evidence from animal studies that taking creatine monohydrate may improve thinking in Alzheimer's disease and be good for brain health. However, no studies have looked at creatine monohydrate supplementation in humans with Alzheimer's.
Creatine monohydrate is a dietary supplement regulated by the FDA. This is a study that will test if taking creatine monohydrate may be a helpful treatment for people with Alzheimer's disease. In this study, investigators will will evaluate:
- Whether persons with Alzheimer's disease are able to easily take creatine monohydrate for 8 weeks.
- Whether creatine monohydrate affects thinking function in people with Alzheimer's Disease.
- Whether creatine monohydrate affects certain biochemicals in the brain and body.
- Whether creatine monohydrate improves muscle size and strength.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Aaron N Smith, MS, RD
- Phone Number: 913-229-5935
- Email: asmith71@kumc.edu
Study Locations
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Kansas
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Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66160
- Recruiting
- University of Kansas Medical Center
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Contact:
- Aaron Smith, MS
- Phone Number: 913-229-5935
- Email: asmith71@kumc.edu
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease
- Agreed cooperation from a study partner
- Speaks English as primary language
- Age 60 to 90
- Stable medication for ≥30 days
- BMI ≥ 20.0kg/m2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Insulin-requiring diabetes, cancer requiring chemotherapy or radiation within the past 5 years, or recent cardiac event (i.e., heart attack, etc.)
- Other neurodegenerative disease
- Ongoing renal disorder or abnormal renal or liver function
- Unable to undergo MRI
- Clinical trial or investigational drug or therapy participation within 30 days of the screening visit
- Non-English speakers
- Inability to perform strength testing
- Weight > 350 lbs.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Creatine Monohydrate Arm
This study a single arm intervention.
All participants will receive 20 grams of creatine monohydrate daily for the whole intervention (8 weeks).
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Participants will take 20 grams of creatine monohydrate daily for 8 weeks.The 20 grams will be divided into two equal 10 gram doses that will be stirred into a beverage.
One 10 gram dose will be taken in the morning and the other 10 gram dose in evening.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Adherence to Creatine Monohydrate Intervention
Time Frame: 8 weeks
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Participants will keep a daily supplement tracker (with the help of a consenting study partner).
They will also bring unconsumed creatine monohydrate powder to study visits where study personnel will measure and validate against expected intake.
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8 weeks
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Change in Blood Creatine
Time Frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks
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Measure of serum creatine levels at baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks.
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Baseline, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Brain Creatine Status
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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Brain total creatine levels are measured in the brain using magnetic resonance spectroscopy in a 3 T clinical scanner.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Cognition
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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NIH Toolbox (NIH-TB) Cognition Battery will be used to assess changes in a composite global cognition score at baseline and 8 weeks.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Peripheral Mitochondrial Respiration
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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Blood platelet and leukocyte mitochondrial respiration (oxygen consumption) will be determined using the Oroboros Oxygraph-2K system.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Muscle Strength
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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Muscle strength will be tested on the right quadriceps femoris (upper leg) using an isokinetic dynamometer.
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Baseline and 8 weeks
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Change in Muscle Size
Time Frame: Baseline and 8 Weeks
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Muscle size of the right quadriceps femoris (upper leg) will be determined using ultrasonography (ultrasound).
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Baseline and 8 Weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Matthew Taylor, PhD, RD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 146588
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
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