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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

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

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Estudio Contacto

Copia de seguridad de contactos de estudio

Ubicaciones de estudio

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

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

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¿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
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.
Blinded oral magnesium glycinate capsules taken nightly for 28 days.
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.
Blinded oral magnesium L-threonate capsules taken nightly for 28 days.
Comparador de placebos: Placebo
Participants randomized to this arm will take matching placebo capsules nightly for 4 weeks on the same blinded schedule.
Matching placebo capsules taken nightly for 28 days.

¿Qué mide el estudio?

Medidas de resultado primarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
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
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.
Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring

Medidas de resultado secundarias

Medida de resultado
Medida Descripción
Periodo de tiempo
Change in BlazePod RIW Challenge reaction time in milliseconds from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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.
Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
Change in BlazePod Speed Tap reaction time in milliseconds from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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.
Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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
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.
Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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
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.
Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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
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.
Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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
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.
Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
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
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.
Baseline week to final treatment week, approximately 5 weeks total including baseline monitoring
Change in VALD dynamometer bilateral average handgrip strength from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
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.
Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
Change in VALD force plate countermovement jump height from baseline to final visit
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
Countermovement jump height will be measured with the prespecified VALD force plate protocol. The outcome is final-visit jump height minus baseline jump height.
Baseline to final visit, approximately 5 weeks
Number of participants with adverse events and supplement tolerability concerns
Periodo de tiempo: From first dose through final visit, approximately 4 weeks
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.
From first dose through final visit, approximately 4 weeks

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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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

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Publicaciones Generales

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

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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