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Effects of Creatine and Carbohydrate Supplementation on Endurance Performance

ConditionExercise Performance Recovery
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-40
SponsorCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

About this trial

This study will examine the independent and combined effects of creatine and carbohydrate supplementation on exercise performance, compared to placebo.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

healthy (i.e. no known cardiovascular disease)

nonsmoking

active (regular physical activity ≥150 minutes per week of aerobic exercise and have a VO2 peak ≥35 ml/kg-min)

a normal BMI (18.5 - 35 kg/m²)

Disqualifiers

previously taken creatine and/or any other dietary supplement that may interfere with exercise performance

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Creatine Monohydrate

    Dietary supplement

    Creatine monohydrate supplementation 0.5 grams every 20 minutes

  • Carbohydrate

    Dietary supplement

    carbohydrate supplementation 5 grams every 20 minutes

  • Creatine Monohydrate and Carbohydrate

    Dietary supplement

    Creatine supplementation of 0.5 grams and carbohydrate supplementation of 5 grams every 20 minutes.

  • placebo solution

    Dietary supplement

    Flavored water every 20 minutes

Treatment groups

12 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups
Group A: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Creatine monohydrateExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: CarbohydrateExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group D: Creatine and CarbohydrateExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Exercise Time to exhaustion

Time to exhaustion (seconds) during continuous cycling performed at 60% of each participant's maximal cycling power output following supplementation with placebo, creatine monohydrate, or creatine monohydrate plus carbohydrate.

Time frame
Change in exercise time to exhaustion ( in seconds) through study completion, over the course of study completion, on average 4 weeks.

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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