Low-carbohydrate Diet and Low-Density Lipoprotein - Cholesterol (LDL-c) Interindividual Variability (REPETO)
25. juni 2026 opdateret af: Bruno Spellanzon, University of Bath
Exploring True Interindividual Heterogeneity of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factors in Response to Low-carbohydrate Diets Using a Replicate Crossover Randomised Controlled Trial
Ketogenic diets are very low-carbohydrate diets that increase hepatic production of ketone bodies, which have several effects as substrates and signals.
Ketogenic diets are used to manage some conditions (e.g., drug-resistant epilepsy), and their potential for managing many other conditions (e.g., cancer) is being actively explored.
Indeed, the British Dietetic Association acknowledge the potential for ketogenic diets to improve glycaemic control to a greater extent than some other diets in people with type 2 diabetes.
A lower fasting glucose is also relevant to future mortality in people without diabetes.
Ketogenic diets are popular in the general population, with up to 15% of the UK following a low-carbohydrate diet.
There is, therefore, great interest in ketogenic diets amongst people with and without health conditions.
However, although the diet shows promising results in improving blood sugar levels, it has also shown to increase low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) in some individuals, which has been linked to increased cardiovascular health risks.
The aim of this project is to find the potential for personalised use of (or guidance to avoid) ketogenic diets for cardiovascular disease risk.
To do that the investigators will ask participants to replicate 24 hours of a ketogenic diet and a control diet thrice each.
This will allow the investigators to find variability between responses and have a better idea of individuals who could benefit (or not) from following the ketogenic diet.
Studieoversigt
Status
Rekruttering
Betingelser
Intervention / Behandling
Detaljeret beskrivelse
The study will be a controlled feeding replicate randomised controled trial with 3 cycles, each involving the pair of diets [low carbohydrate (K) and control (C) diets]. There will be 6 x 1-day periods (3 days low carbohydrate and 3 days control). Twenty individuals (body mass index: 18.5-35 kg/m2) will be recruited and randomised into one of the 8 possible sequences:
- KC KC KC
- KC KC CK
- KC CK KC
- KC CK CK
- CK CK CK
- CK CK KC
- CK KC CK
- CK KC KC A week before the interventions start, participants will visit the laboratory so that the investigators can perform indirect calorimetry and collect a blood sample for genotyping. During the week before the interventions, participants will wear activity monitors to determine habitual physical activity. Before each visit, participants will be asked to come to the lab in a rested and overnight fasted state. During the first trial visit, participants will have a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) body scan to determine body composition. During all 12 study visits the investigators will perform a venepuncture in an antecubital vein and will collect 20 mL of blood.
Additionally, the investigators will also collect urine samples. After odd visits (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th), participants will be supplied with their respective meals for the day (low carbohydrate or control) and will be asked to not eat anything else during the day.
Finally there will be a wash-out period of 6 days between laboratory visits. To keep consistency between trial days, participants will be asked to replicate physical activity levels performed during the 24 hours before the first trial, and during diet day (before second visit), so that these can be replicated for the following visits.
Undersøgelsestype
Interventionel
Tilmelding (Anslået)
20
Fase
- Ikke anvendelig
Kontakter og lokationer
Dette afsnit indeholder kontaktoplysninger for dem, der udfører undersøgelsen, og oplysninger om, hvor denne undersøgelse udføres.
Studiekontakt
- Navn: Bruno Spellanzon, PhD candidate
- Telefonnummer: 447769407954
- E-mail: bs954@bath.ac.uk
Studiesteder
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Bath and North East Somerset
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Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Det Forenede Kongerige, BA2 7AY
- Rekruttering
- University of Bath
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Ledende efterforsker:
- Javier Gonzalez, PhD
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Kontakt:
- Bruno Spellanzon, PhD candidate
- Telefonnummer: 447769407954
- E-mail: bs954@bath.ac.uk
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Kontakt:
- Javier Gonzalez, PhD
- E-mail: jg833@bath.ac.uk
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Deltagelseskriterier
Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
- Voksen
- Ældre voksen
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Ja
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: >18 years
- Body mass index: 18.5-35 kg·m-2
- Low-Density Lipoprotein-cholesterol <4.9 mmol/L
- Non-fasting triglycerides <2.3 mmol/L
Exclusion Criteria:
- weight instability (>5% change in body mass within last 3 months)
- smoker
- diagnosis of hypercholesterolaemia or any other lipid-related disease
- diagnosis of diabetes
- diagnosis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- elevated fasting glucose (>5.4 mmol/L)
- dietary intolerances or allergies or to other study procedures
- diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders
- any other condition/medication that could introduce bias to the study
- already following a ketogenic diet
- not willing to follow a ketogenic diet
- unable to understand English language
Studieplan
Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
- Primært formål: Grundvidenskab
- Tildeling: Randomiseret
- Interventionel model: Crossover opgave
- Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)
Våben og indgreb
Deltagergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandling |
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Andet: Sequence 1
Participants will follow a 1) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 2) control diet, wash-out, 3) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 4) control diet, wash-out, 5) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 6) control diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 2
Participants will follow a 1) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 2) control diet, wash-out, 3) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 4) control diet, wash-out, 5) control diet, wash-out, 6) low-carbohydrate diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 3
Participants will follow a 1) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 2) control diet, wash-out, 3) control diet, wash-out, 4) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 5) control diet, wash-out, 6) low-carbohydrate diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 4
Participants will follow a 1) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 2) control diet, wash-out, 3) control diet, wash-out, 4) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 5) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 6) control diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 5
Participants will follow a 1) control diet, wash-out, 2) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 3) control diet, wash-out, 4) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 5) control diet, wash-out, 6) low-carbohydrate diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 6
Participants will follow a 1) control diet, wash-out, 2) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 3) control diet, wash-out, 4) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 5) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 6) control diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 7
Participants will follow a 1) control diet, wash-out, 2) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 3) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 4) control diet, wash-out, 5) control diet, wash-out, 6) low-carbohydrate diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Andet: Sequence 8
Participants will follow a 1) control diet, wash-out, 2) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 3) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 4) control diet, wash-out, 5) low-carbohydrate diet, wash-out, 6) control diet
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Diet will have macronutrients split with 50% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 35% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
Diet will have macronutrients split with 8% carbohydrates, 15% protein and 77% fat.
Also there will be a 0.66 ratio saturated:unsaturated fat
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Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Fasted plasma Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations
Tidsramme: Pre and post following each intervention/control diet for 24 hours
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Variable will be used to establish whether there is true inter-individual heterogeneity in response to 24 hours of a low-carbohydrate diet. Measured in mmol/L. |
Pre and post following each intervention/control diet for 24 hours
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse |
Tidsramme |
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Fasted glucose plasma glucose concentration
Tidsramme: Pre and post following each intervention/control diet for 24 hours
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Variable measured to establish whether there is true inter-individual heterogeneity in response to 24 hours of a low-carbohydrate diet. Measured in mmol/L |
Pre and post following each intervention/control diet for 24 hours
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.
Sponsor
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Javier Gonzalez, PhD, University of Bath
Datoer for undersøgelser
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Studer store datoer
Studiestart (Faktiske)
5. februar 2026
Primær færdiggørelse (Anslået)
1. marts 2027
Studieafslutning (Anslået)
1. marts 2027
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
5. maj 2026
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
25. juni 2026
Først opslået (Faktiske)
30. juni 2026
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)
30. juni 2026
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
25. juni 2026
Sidst verificeret
1. juni 2026
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- 8791-12081
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