# Nutritional Strategies to Augment the Postprandial Muscle Protein Synthetic Response to the Ingestion of a Low Dose of Protein in Middle-aged Women

> **NCT02918981** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign** · enrollment: 50 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Aging

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Resistance Exercise
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** 14 g Whey protein
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** 6.6 g Whey protein + 1.25 g leucine
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** 4 g Whey protein + 1.25 g leucine + 2.6 g Whey peptides
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** 6.6 g Whey protein + 1.25 g leucine + 0.8 g Citrulline
- **OTHER:** Water control

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02918981
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-10
- **Primary completion:** 2019-03-06
- **Final completion:** 2019-03-06
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02918981

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02918981, "Nutritional Strategies to Augment the Postprandial Muscle Protein Synthetic Response to the Ingestion of a Low Dose of Protein in Middle-aged Women". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02918981. Licensed CC0.

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