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UCLA Magnesium Formulation Athlete Study (Mg-Form)
5 de junio de 2026 actualizado por: Jeremy Swisher, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Effects of Magnesium Glycinate and Magnesium L-Threonate on Sleep, Recovery, and Performance in Collegiate Athletes
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial will compare magnesium glycinate, magnesium L-threonate, and placebo in UCLA varsity athletes.
Participants will complete a baseline monitoring period followed by 4 weeks of blinded nightly supplementation.
WHOOP or study-approved wearable data will be used to evaluate sleep efficiency, total sleep time, sleep consistency, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and recovery metrics.
Baseline and final testing will assess selected reaction and physical performance outcomes.
The primary outcome is change in WHOOP-derived sleep efficiency from baseline week to final treatment week.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Aún no reclutando
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
Magnesium is involved in neuromuscular signaling, cellular energy metabolism, autonomic regulation, and sleep-related physiology.
Competitive athletes often experience sleep restriction, training stress, travel, soreness, and recovery demands.
Magnesium glycinate and magnesium L-threonate are commonly used athlete-facing magnesium formulations, but they are not interchangeable.
Glycinate is commonly positioned as a well-tolerated sleep-oriented formulation, whereas L-threonate is of interest because of prior signals related to sleep, cognition, reaction performance, and central nervous system magnesium biology.
This single-site UCLA study will enroll adult varsity athletes aged 18 to 35 years.
Participants will complete screening, informed consent, baseline assessments, wearable monitoring, a baseline monitoring period, randomization in a 1:1:1 ratio, 4 weeks of blinded nightly capsules, brief daily REDCap morning surveys, weekly adherence and safety check-ins, and final performance-adjacent testing.
The primary outcome is change in average WHOOP-derived sleep efficiency from baseline week to final treatment week.
Prespecified primary contrasts will compare magnesium glycinate versus placebo and magnesium L-threonate versus placebo.
Total sleep time, sleep consistency, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, WHOOP Recovery Score, reaction-time performance, grip strength, countermovement jump height, adherence, tolerability, and adverse events will be analyzed as secondary or exploratory outcomes according to the final statistical analysis plan.
The magnesium glycinate versus magnesium L-threonate contrast will be treated as exploratory unless the final statistical analysis plan preserves alpha for that comparison.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Estimado)
150
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: Jeremy Swisher, MD
- Número de teléfono: 936-520-3595
- Correo electrónico: jswisher@mednet.ucla.edu
Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio
- Nombre: Kimberly Burbank, MD
- Correo electrónico: kburbank@mednet.ucla.edu
Ubicaciones de estudio
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California
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Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos, 90095
- University of California, Los Angeles
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Contacto:
- Jeremy Swisher, MD
- Número de teléfono: 936-520-3595
- Correo electrónico: jswisher@mednet.ucla.edu
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Contacto:
- Kimberly Burbank, MD
- Correo electrónico: kburbank@mednet.ucla.edu
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 to 35 years.
- Current UCLA varsity athlete.
- Actively training or competing during the study period.
- Willing to wear WHOOP or a study-approved wearable device continuously during baseline and treatment periods if wearable data are used.
- Willing to take assigned study capsules nightly for 28 days.
- Willing to complete brief daily REDCap surveys and weekly adherence/safety check-ins.
- Able to provide informed consent and comply with study procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current magnesium supplementation without completion of an appropriate washout before baseline.
- Current investigational drug or investigational supplement use.
- Current use of prescription or over-the-counter sleep medications unless reviewed and permitted by the study clinician.
- Diagnosed sleep disorder that, in the investigator's judgment, would confound outcomes or increase risk.
- Significant kidney disease or another medical condition that may increase risk with magnesium supplementation.
- Known intolerance or allergy to magnesium glycinate, magnesium L-threonate, placebo, or inactive study ingredients.
- Use of medications with clinically relevant magnesium interactions unless reviewed and permitted by the study clinician.
- Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, would make participation unsafe, compromise voluntary consent, or prevent valid outcome assessment.
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Otro
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Cuadruplicar
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Experimental: Magnesium Glycinate
Participants randomized to this arm will take blinded magnesium glycinate capsules nightly for 4 weeks.
The current planning dose is approximately 240 mg elemental magnesium nightly, with final capsule count and label language based on the selected blinded formulation.
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Blinded oral magnesium glycinate capsules taken nightly for 28 days.
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Experimental: Magnesium L-Threonate
Participants randomized to this arm will take blinded magnesium L-threonate capsules nightly for 4 weeks.
The current planning target is approximately 2 g/day total magnesium L-threonate, with elemental magnesium content, capsule count, and label language confirmed before activation.
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Blinded oral magnesium L-threonate capsules taken nightly for 28 days.
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Comparador de placebos: Placebo
Participants randomized to this arm will take matching placebo capsules nightly for 4 weeks on the same blinded schedule.
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Matching placebo capsules taken nightly for 28 days.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Change in WHOOP-derived sleep efficiency percentage from baseline week to final treatment week
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Average nightly WHOOP-derived sleep efficiency, expressed as a percentage, will be calculated for the baseline week and final treatment week.
A valid week requires at least 5 usable nights in the 7-day window.
The outcome is final-treatment-week average minus baseline-week average; higher values indicate improved sleep efficiency.
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Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Change in BlazePod RIW Challenge reaction time in milliseconds from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Reaction performance will be measured using the prespecified BlazePod RIW Challenge protocol.
The outcome is change in reaction time in milliseconds from baseline to final visit.
Lower reaction time indicates better performance.
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Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Change in BlazePod Speed Tap reaction time in milliseconds from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Reaction performance will be measured using the prespecified BlazePod Speed Tap protocol.
The outcome is change in reaction time in milliseconds from baseline to final visit.
Lower reaction time indicates better performance.
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Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Change in WHOOP-derived sleep consistency score from baseline week to final treatment week
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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WHOOP-derived sleep consistency score, or an equivalent prespecified wearable-derived sleep timing regularity metric, will be summarized for the baseline week and final treatment week.
The outcome is final-treatment-week average minus baseline-week average.
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Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Change in WHOOP-derived total sleep time in minutes from baseline week to final treatment week
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Average nightly total sleep time captured by WHOOP, expressed in minutes, will be calculated for the baseline week and final treatment week.
The outcome is final-treatment-week average minus baseline-week average.
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Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Change in WHOOP-derived resting heart rate in beats per minute from baseline week to final treatment week
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Nightly resting heart rate captured by WHOOP, expressed in beats per minute, will be summarized as weekly averages for the baseline week and final treatment week.
The outcome is final-treatment-week average minus baseline-week average.
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Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Change in WHOOP-derived heart rate variability in milliseconds from baseline week to final treatment week
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Nightly heart rate variability captured by WHOOP, expressed in milliseconds, will be summarized as weekly averages for the baseline week and final treatment week.
The outcome is final-treatment-week average minus baseline-week average.
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Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Change in WHOOP Recovery Score from baseline week to final treatment week
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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WHOOP Recovery Score, reported on a 0 to 100 scale where higher scores indicate better recovery, will be summarized as weekly averages for the baseline week and final treatment week.
The outcome is final-treatment-week average minus baseline-week average.
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Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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Change in VALD dynamometer bilateral average handgrip strength from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Bilateral average handgrip strength will be measured with the prespecified VALD handgrip dynamometer protocol.
The outcome is final-visit bilateral average handgrip strength minus baseline bilateral average handgrip strength.
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Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Change in VALD force plate countermovement jump height from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Countermovement jump height will be measured with the prespecified VALD force plate protocol.
The outcome is final-visit jump height minus baseline jump height.
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Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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Number of participants with adverse events and supplement tolerability concerns
Periodo de tiempo: From first dose through final visit, approximately 4 weeks
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The number of participants with adverse events, tolerability concerns, dose interruptions, and study-product discontinuations will be summarized by study arm.
Events of interest include gastrointestinal symptoms, sedation, dizziness, headache, allergic reaction, skin irritation from wearable use, and study-product discontinuation.
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From first dose through final visit, approximately 4 weeks
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.
Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Jeremy Swisher, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
- Director de estudio: Joshua Goldman, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
La persona responsable de ingresar información sobre el estudio proporciona voluntariamente estas publicaciones. Estos pueden ser sobre cualquier cosa relacionada con el estudio.
Publicaciones Generales
- Walsh NP, Halson SL, Sargent C, Roach GD, Nedelec M, Gupta L, Leeder J, Fullagar HH, Coutts AJ, Edwards BJ, Pullinger SA, Robertson CM, Burniston JG, Lastella M, Le Meur Y, Hausswirth C, Bender AM, Grandner MA, Samuels CH. Sleep and the athlete: narrative review and 2021 expert consensus recommendations. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Nov 3:bjsports-2020-102025. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102025. Online ahead of print.
- Hausenblas HA, Lynch T, Hooper S, Shrestha A, Rosendale D, Gu J. Magnesium-L-threonate improves sleep quality and daytime functioning in adults with self-reported sleep problems: A randomized controlled trial. Sleep Med X. 2024 Aug 17;8:100121. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepx.2024.100121. eCollection 2024 Dec 15.
- Schuster J, Cycelskij I, Lopresti A, Hahn A. Magnesium Bisglycinate Supplementation in Healthy Adults Reporting Poor Sleep: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Nat Sci Sleep. 2025 Aug 30;17:2027-2040. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S524348. eCollection 2025.
- Mah J, Pitre T. Oral magnesium supplementation for insomnia in older adults: a Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis. BMC Complement Med Ther. 2021 Apr 17;21(1):125. doi: 10.1186/s12906-021-03297-z.
- Miller DJ, Lastella M, Scanlan AT, Bellenger C, Halson SL, Roach GD, Sargent C. A validation study of the WHOOP strap against polysomnography to assess sleep. J Sports Sci. 2020 Nov;38(22):2631-2636. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1797448. Epub 2020 Jul 26.
- Gupta L, Morgan K, Gilchrist S. Does Elite Sport Degrade Sleep Quality? A Systematic Review. Sports Med. 2017 Jul;47(7):1317-1333. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0650-6.
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Estimado)
1 de julio de 2026
Finalización primaria (Estimado)
1 de mayo de 2027
Finalización del estudio (Estimado)
1 de junio de 2027
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
26 de mayo de 2026
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
5 de junio de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
11 de junio de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
11 de junio de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
5 de junio de 2026
Última verificación
1 de junio de 2026
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Palabras clave
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- IRB-26-1185
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
NO
Descripción del plan IPD
No individual participant data sharing is planned because the study involves a relatively small cohort of collegiate athletes and individual-level sleep, recovery, performance, and sport-related data may create re-identification risk.
Aggregate results may be disseminated through presentations, manuscripts, and ClinicalTrials.gov
summaries as applicable.
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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Ensayos clínicos sobre Magnesium glycinate
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Qualia Life SciencesAún no reclutandoDeficiencia de magnesioEstados Unidos