# The Brain Ketone Body Challenge Imaging Study

> **NCT03204604** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Wake Forest University Health Sciences**

## Conditions studied

- Alzheimer Disease

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Challenge A - low calorie Ensure®
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Challenge B - Ensure® plus ketone esters (KE)
- **PROCEDURE:** PET Scan
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Cognitive Testing - FCSRT
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Story Recall
- **BEHAVIORAL:** BVRT
- **BEHAVIORAL:** CogState One Card Learning

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03204604
- **Lead sponsor:** Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2016-08-08
- **Primary completion:** 2019-03
- **Final completion:** 2019-03
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Unable to obtain intervention materials
- **Last updated:** 2019-03-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03204604

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03204604, "The Brain Ketone Body Challenge Imaging Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-31 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03204604. Licensed CC0.

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