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NCT07439458
Cancer has emerged as a prominent cause of mortality in the 21st century, with breast cancer (BC) being the most diagnosed malignancy. Multidisciplinary cancer management has improved survival chances, but side effects and long-term consequences of treatments have significant implications for cancer survivors' health-related quality of life. Exercise is increasingly considered and used in cancer treatment and follow-up. However, studies demonstrating the biological mechanisms underlying the anticarcinogenic effects (ACE) of exercise are insufficient to justify the most appropriate physical activity for different clinical scenarios. Achieving scientific excellence in understanding the ACE of exercise in cancer management is critical to optimize treatment and enhance patients' quality of life.
NCT07195396
This randomized, double-blind, monocentric, five-way cross-over study aims to collect human serum and plasma samples at 1 and 2 hours after ingestion of hydrolyzed collagen peptides. The enriched sera will be used for ex vivo/ in vitro experiments on skin keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and other cell types to explore the beneficial effects of bioactive collagen peptides. Blood will also be analyzed for amino acid profiles and collagen-derived peptides.
NCT07222228
This is a multicenter, open-label, Phase 2b study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 2 LB SQ injections administered at a 4-month (approximately 17 weeks) interval for female contraception.
NCT06184984
The goal of this study is to determine the protein quality of Philippine mung beans. The main objective of this study is to determine the metabolic availability of methionine in mung beans that the body can use. We will test the mung beans by studying them after cooking them as sauté. This research is being done in order to bridge the gap between knowledge of protein requirement and the amount of food needed to meet that requirement. Results from this study will be important for recommendations guiding food choices of mung beans as a major protein source in the diet. Each study participant will be part of seven (7) different experimental diets, and randomly assigned to one of the diets every time. Four (4) reference diets would be based on egg protein composition, and three (3) test diets will have protein from cooked mung beans. Each experimental diet will be studied over 3 days: 2 adaptation days and 1 study day. The meals during the 2-day adaptation period would be consumed at home. On the study day, following a 10 to 12-h overnight fast, the study participants will come to the research unit at the Department of Science - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan, Taguig City, Philippines, for a period of 8 to 9 hours and consume the diets as 9 hourly meals.
NCT03124160
This will be a multi-site, participant-blinded, randomized clinical trial. The investigators will randomize 1000 eligible participants in a 4:1 ratio to two different copper IUDs: 800 to Mona Lisa NT Cu380 Mini and 200 to ParaGard.
NCT05777252
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of 16-week CT on spine structure, trunk muscle endurance, and balance in healthy women.
NCT04189796
The study objective consists of the following three aims: 1. To compare the effect of daily intake of Jarlsberg cheese and Camembert cheese in change of the Osteocalcin level in healthy women after 6 weeks. 2. To estimate the long-term increase of the osteocalcin level, change in the lipid pattern and the vital signs caused by optimized daily intake of Jarlsberg cheese. 3. To verify the estimated maintaining dose of Jarlsberg cheese related to stabilized osteocalcin Level. The study population consists of Healthy Voluntary (HV) women between 20 years and pre-menopausal age. The trial will be performed as a randomized Norwegian multicenter study with a semi-cross over design in which the participants randomized to Camembert cheese will be switched to Jarlsberg cheese after 6 weeks.
NCT04379024
Pilot study to test feasibility of 6 months of Duavee® vs wait-list control in post-menopausal women symptomatic for hot flashes.
NCT02268032
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a continuous administration of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or other androgenic agents on ovarian reserve markers in women with diminished ovarian reserve (ROD), such as antral follicle count (AFC) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations.
NCT02911480
The current study is designed as a phase I multiple dose study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of \[14C\]-labelled oxytocin in healthy women.
NCT01879891
The primary goal is to test the hypothesis high interval exercise increases energy expenditure and Insulin sensitivity more than 2 days of rest or moderate intensity exercise cumulatively over 23 hours during and following the exercise. Secondary goals are to evaluate exercise difficulty during moderate intensity exercise and high interval exercise as well as difficulty of activities of daily living and free living physical activity following rest, moderate intensity exercise and high interval exercise. A secondary study is designed to evaluate potential mechanism. Hypotheses are that changes in muscle lipid metabolism, mitochondrial function, fat and cellular insulin signals will be increased following the high intensity interval exercise. In addition, these changes will be related to changes in insulin sensitivity and increases in protein metabolism and muscle damage.
NCT01764412
Hepcidin is the major hormone regulating Iron Metabolism. In a normal organism decrease iron stock causes a decrease in hepcidin synthesis thus promoting intestinal absorption of iron. The interpretation of hepcidin dosage results requires to know the physiological variations of this hormone. This study investigate whether there are significant variations in the values of serum hepcidin rates during the menstrual cycle in order to make recommendations on the practical dosage determination of hepcidin in premenopausal women.
NCT00952640
Background: Vitamin A is of utmost importance for health and survival of children. A recent series in The Lancet on maternal and child health put vitamin A deficiency at the top of most important micronutrient deficiencies, responsible for more than 600.000 child deaths/year worldwide. Vitamin A status of mothers and infants is closely linked. Hence, a mother with vitamin A deficiency cannot give enough vitamin A to her fetus to build stores during the last months of pregnancy, and will also have insufficient amounts of vitamin A in her breast milk, resulting in a high risk for vitamin A deficiency in her newborn infant. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented several strategies to fight vitamin A deficiency in mothers and children. One of these is to give women after delivery a high dose vitamin A supplement, to improve vitamin A status of mother and, via breast milk, her infant. Surprisingly however, several recent studies investigating the effect of a high dose vitamin A supplement for mothers directly after birth found no effect on vitamin A status in infants 6 months of age. In contrast, earlier studies in Bangladesh and Indonesia, in which women received a high dose vitamin A supplement somewhere in the first 6 weeks after delivery, reported a large impact on vitamin A status in the infants at 6 mo of age. The WHO recommendation on post-partum vitamin A supplementation was based on these earlier studies from Bangladesh and Indonesia. The more recent studies suggest however that this intervention is not effective, and that millions of women currently receive a high dose vitamin A supplement without clear benefits for vitamin A status in either the women or their children. The human body reacts to infection or injury with an inflammatory response, which kicks off with the acute phase response. The acute phase response helps the body to fight the infection. It is characterized by many altered physiological processes, including changed availability of vitamins and minerals. Recently, we found that delivery in itself causes a major acute phase response. We have formed the hypothesis that the acute phase response initiated by delivery prevents the high dose vitamin A supplement given to the mother directly after delivery from being absorbed and from being available for breast milk. If this is true, the current WHO recommendation to give the vitamin A within the first 6 weeks post-partum should be changed to giving the vitamin A 4 - 6 weeks post-partum instead, to allow the acute phase response induced by delivery to fade. Objective(s) and Hypothesis(es): The main objective is to improve the effectiveness of the current WHO policy of vitamin A supplementation after delivery to improve vitamin A status and health of mothers and their infants. Methodology: In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial, 400 women will receive a high dose of vitamin A (200.000 IU) within 6 weeks of delivery, as recommended by WHO. Half of the women will receive the vitamin A directly after delivery (within 3 days, current practice), whereas the other women will receive the vitamin A 6 weeks after delivery. To guarantee blinding, women will receive a placebo capsule if they are not receiving a vitamin A capsule. Main outcomes will be maternal and infant vitamin A status 6 months post-partum and the time-course of the acute phase response, to establish the optimal time after delivery for the initiation of the vitamin A supplementation. Secondary outcomes will be the morbidity of the infants during the first 6 months of life and growth performance of the infants at 6 mo of age. Potential Impact: The results of this study will enable WHO to improve the effectiveness of the current WHO recommendations concerning post-partum vitamin A supplementation. If our hypothesis is true, postponing the timing of the post-partum vitamin A supplement from directly after delivery to 6 week post-partum, will significantly increased the availability of the supplement for the mother. This will increase the vitamin A status of both mother and infant. Moreover, there are several significant implications for global health policies, with important consequences for infant survival worldwide by reducing morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases during the first 6 months of life. Results of the study will also have important consequences for other micronutrient health programs, such as vitamin A supplementation for children above 6 months of age and iron supplementation in areas with endemic malaria, as these are also subject to the effects of the acute phase response