# Nutritional and Contractile Regulation of Muscle Growth

> **NCT00891696** · PHASE1 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston** · enrollment: 144 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sarcopenia

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Rapamycin
- **OTHER:** Amino acid supplementation
- **OTHER:** Low-intensity resistance exercise
- **DRUG:** Sodium nitroprusside
- **DEVICE:** Blood flow restriction cuff
- **OTHER:** Low-intensity resistance exercise

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00891696
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-04
- **Primary completion:** 2015-03
- **Final completion:** 2015-03
- **Target enrollment:** 144 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-05-04

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00891696

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00891696, "Nutritional and Contractile Regulation of Muscle Growth". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00891696. Licensed CC0.

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