[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"muscle-skeletal\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:muscle-skeletal":32},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,2,0,[8,65],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":15,"eligibilityCriteria":16,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":17,"minAge":18,"maxAge":19,"enrollmentInfo":20,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":24,"briefSummary":26,"conditions":27,"keywords":40,"overallStatus":52,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":53,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":54,"startDateStruct":57,"completionDateStruct":59,"leadSponsor":61,"locationsCount":64},"100648817","prebiotic-inulin-for-late-reproductive-individuals-100648817",false,"NCT07724522","Prebiotic Inulin for Late-Reproductive Individuals","A Placebo Randomized Cross-Over Controlled Trial of Inulin Supplementation to Improve Cardiometabolic, Gut, and Vaginal Microbiome in Perimenopausal Women","PILI","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Body mass index: 25 - 40 kg\u002Fm2;\n* Menstrual cycle irregularity (cycle length outside 21 - 35 days or variation \\> 7 days) or\u002Fand ≥ 2 skipped cycles and interval of ≥ 60 days of amenorrhea; with or without hot flashes or\u002Fand night sweats;\n* Weight stable within the last 3 months (body weight fluctuations within the 5% of their habitual body weight);\n* Spending ≥ 6 hours sitting;\n* \\\u003C 150 minutes per week (50 minutes per day, 3 days per week OR 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week) of moderate to vigorous structured physical activity (i.e., planned intentional physical activity, not incidental movement).\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Recent antibiotic use oral or vaginal (≥ 6months);\n* Diagnosed with any chronic disease (e.g., any gastrointestinal condition like IBD, type 2 diabetes, or cancer);\n* Prescription of hormone replacement therapy, hormonal contraceptives, probiotics, GLP-1 medications, or weight loss medications\n* Smoking;\n* Recent blood donation (within the past 8-12 weeks);\n* Significant weight changes (≥5%) in the last 4 weeks;\n* Use of dietary supplements (unless discontinued 4 weeks prior);\n* Participants taking long-term, stable medications for chronic conditions such as hypertension or hyperlipidemia will not be excluded if their medication regimen has been unchanged for at least 2 years, as these treatments are part of their usual health status. Recent medication changes (within the past 6 months), initiation of new prescriptions, or use of medications known to affect metabolic, vascular, vaginal, hormonal, or gastrointestinal function will result in exclusion.\n* Fructose intolerance.","FEMALE","40 Years","55 Years",{"count":21,"type":22},27,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[25],"NA","This study aims to evaluate the effects of 2 weeks of inulin supplementation in perimenopausal women with overweight or obesity. The primary questions this study seeks to answer are:\n\n1. Does 2 weeks of inulin supplementation alter the gut and vaginal estrobolome compared with placebo?\n2. Does 2 weeks of inulin supplementation affect cardiovascular health compared with placebo?\n3. Does 2 weeks of inulin supplementation affect skeletal muscle health compared with placebo?\n\nResearchers will compare inulin with a placebo (a similar-looking supplement that does not contain inulin) to determine whether inulin influences gut and vaginal microbial function, cardiovascular health, and skeletal muscle health during the perimenopausal transition.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n* Take either inulin or a placebo for 2 weeks, followed by a 2- to 4-week washout period, and then switch to the other supplement for an additional 2 weeks.\n* Attend 8 study visits over approximately 12 to 16 weeks for assessments and sample collection.\n* Complete weekly phone calls to monitor symptoms, supplement adherence, and dietary intake.\n* Wear a Fitbit device throughout the study to monitor physical activity.",[28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39],"Obesity & Overweight","Perimenopausal Women","Prebiotics","Inulin","Muscle, Skeletal","Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)","Microbiota","Gastrointestinal Microbiome","Dietary Fiber","Women Health","Vascular Health","Insulin Resistance",[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,31,38],"Perimenopause","Nutrition","Menopause transition","Overweight","Obesity","Cardiometabolic Health","Vascular function","Randomized Controlled Trial","Gut microbiome","Vaginal microbiome","Supplements","RECRUITING","2026-08-07",{"date":55,"type":56},"2026-08-11","ACTUAL",{"date":58,"type":56},"2026-08-01",{"date":60,"type":22},"2028-02",{"name":62,"class":63},"George Washington University","OTHER",1,{"id":66,"slug":67,"hasResults":11,"nctId":68,"briefTitle":69,"officialTitle":70,"acronym":71,"eligibilityCriteria":72,"healthyVolunteers":73,"sex":74,"minAge":75,"maxAge":76,"enrollmentInfo":77,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":23,"phases":79,"briefSummary":80,"conditions":81,"keywords":4,"overallStatus":52,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":97,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":98,"startDateStruct":100,"completionDateStruct":102,"leadSponsor":104,"locationsCount":64},"100462875","cancer-associated-muscle-mass---molecular-factors-and-exercise-mechanisms-100462875","NCT05307367","Cancer-associated Muscle Mass - Molecular Factors and Exercise Mechanisms","Identifying Molecular Factors Contributing to Cancer-associated Muscle Mass Loss and Providing Clinical Evidence for Exercise Mechanisms to Functionally Restore Muscle in Cancer","PANACEA","Inclusion Criteria, WP1+WP2X+WP2:\n\n* Men and women at or above the age of 18\n* Histological and radiological verified NSCLC (both squamous and adenocarcinoma) st. IIIb\u002FIV stage not eligible to concurrent chemo\u002Fradiation therapy as primary treatment\n* Referred for 1st line palliative anticancer therapy (platin based, immunotherapy, combined therapy or TKI), this goes for WP1 + WP2\n* Referred for palliative anticancer therapy (platin based, immunotherapy, combined therapy or TKI), for recurrent cancer, this goes only for WP2X.\n* Having a staging\u002Fbaseline CT within 4 weeks of initiation of treatment (PET\u002FCT are also allowed), or a baseline scan planned within the first week of treatment.\n* ECOG Performance Status 0-2\n* Having signed the informed consent form\n\nExclusion Criteria, WP1+WP2X+WP2:\n\n* Any other known malignancy requiring active treatment (prior cancer diagnosis is not some exclusion criteria if oncology-treatment is completed)\n* Local palliative radiotherapy as primary treatment\n* ECOG Performance status \\> 2\n* Physical disabilities excluding physical testing\n* Inability to understand Danish\n* Inability to understand scoring systems\u002Fpatient-reported outcome measures\n\nInclusion Criteria, WP3:\n\n* Men and women above the age of 18\n* Histological and radiological verified NSCLC (both squamous and adenocarcinoma) st. IIIb\u002FIV stage\n* ECOG Performance Status 0-2\n* Having signed the informed consent form.\n\nExclusion Criteria, WP3:\n\n* Any other known malignancy requiring active treatment (prior cancer diagnosis is not some exclusion criteria if oncology-treatment is completed)\n* ECOG Performance Status \\> 2\n* Physical disabilities excluding physical testing\n* Inability to understand Danish\n* Inability to understand scoring systems\u002Fpatient-reported outcome measures",true,"ALL","18 Years","100 Years",{"count":78,"type":22},144,[25],"Muscle mass loss is a common adverse effect of cancer. Muscle mass loss occurs with or without reduction in body weight. Cancer cachexia (CC) is the involuntary loss of body weight of \\>5% within 6 months and it occurs in 50-80% of patients with metastatic cancer.\n\nIt is estimated that CC is a direct cause of up to 30% of all cancer-related deaths. No treatment currently is available to prevent CC, likely because the chemical reactions that causes of this devastating phenomenon in unknown.\n\nNo treatment currently is available to prevent muscle mass loss in patients with cancer but is urgently needed as the reduced muscle mass and function is associated with impaired physical function, reduced tolerance to anticancer therapy, poor quality of life (QoL), and reduced survival. There is evidence of an interdependence between informal caregiver (e.g. spouse) and patient QoL. Thus, identifying caregiver distress and needs can potentially benefit QoL for patients with cancer cachexia. Despite the enormous impact on disease outcomes, it is not known why the loss of muscle mass and function occurs and very few studies have investigated the underlying molecular causes in humans. In particular, there is a severe lack of studies that have obtained human skeletal muscle and adipose tissue sample material. Such reference sample materials will be invaluable to obtaining in-depth molecular information about the underlying molecular causes of the involuntary but common muscle mass and fat mass loss in cancer.\n\nAt a whole body level, cancer cachexia is associated with reduced sensitivity to the hormone insulin, high levels of lipids in the blood, and inflammation. Within the skeletal muscle, the muscle mass loss is associated with elevated protein breakdown and reduced protein build-up while emerging, yet, limited data also suggest malfunction of the power plants of the cells called mitochondrions. The role of malnutrition and how it contributes to weight loss is understood only to the extent of the observed loss of appetite and the reduced food intake because of pain, nausea, candidiasis of the mouth, and breathlessness. Evidence is increasing that the environment of the intestinal system could be implicated in cancer cachexia, yet, the possible effect of cancer and the cancer treatment on the intestinal environment is not understood. Thus, large and as yet poorly understood details of this syndrome precede a later weight loss.\n\nExercise training could help restore muscle function and how the chemical reactions works in cancer. In healthy people, and patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity exercise potently improves health. Exercise has been thought to slow down the unwanted effects of cancer cachexia by changing the reactions mentioned above. Thus, there is a tremendous gap in our knowledge of how and if exercise can restore the cells power plants function, muscle mass, strength, and hormone sensitivity in human cachexic skeletal muscle. Tackling that problem and examining potential mechanisms, will enable us to harness the benefits of exercise for optimizing the treatment of patients with cancer.\n\nThe data will provide novel clinical knowledge on cachexia in cancer and therefore addressing a fundamental societal problem.\n\nThree specific aims will be addressed in corresponding work packages (WPs):\n\n* investigate the involvement of hormone sensitivity of insulin and measure the chemical reactions between the cells in patients with lung cancer (NSCLC) and describe the physical performance and measure amount of e.g. muscles and adipose tissue across the 1st type of cancer treatment and understand how that is related to the disease and how patients and informal caregiver feel (WP1).\n* find changes in the chemical reactions in skeletal muscle, adipose tissue (AT), and blood samples in these patients, to understand how to predict how the disease will develop (WP2).\n* measure changes of skeletal muscle tissue in response to exercise and see if it might reverse the hormone insensitivity and improve muscle signaling and function (WP3).\n\nThe investigators believe that:\n\n* the majority of patients with advanced lung cancer, at the time of diagnosis already are in a cachectic state, where they lose appetite, and have hormonal changes, and an overall altered chemical actions between the cells affecting both muscle mass and AT. The investigators propose that all this can predict how the disease will progress, and how patient- and informal caregiver fell and how they rate their quality of life.\n* lung cancer and the treatment thereof is linked with changes in the blood, the muscle tissues, and the adipose tissues, especially in patients experiencing cachexia, that could be targeted to develop new treatment.\n* exercise can restore the muscles and improve insulin sensitivity and improve the function of the cells power plants in patients with lung cancer-associated muscle problems.",[82,83,84,85,86,39,87,88,89,90,91,32,92,35,93,94,95,96],"Cachexia","Neoplasms","Exercise","Metabolism","Body Composition","Physical Functional Performance","Quality of Life","Sarcopenia","Caregivers","Adipose Tissue","Patient Reported Outcome Measures","Proteomics","Lipidomics","Epigenomics","Mitochondria","2022-05-09",{"date":99,"type":56},"2022-05-16",{"date":101,"type":56},"2022-04-01",{"date":103,"type":22},"2028-01-01",{"name":105,"class":63},"University of Copenhagen"]