# Endogenous vs. Exogenous Ketone Bodies

> **NCT04490226** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Kiel** · enrollment: 8 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Healthy

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Beta-Hydroxybutyrate as Ca-Mg-salt, active
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** ketogenic diet (KetoCal® 4:1 Neutral, Nutricia GmbH, Erlangen, Germany), active
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** fasting, active
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** fasting, inactive

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04490226
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Kiel
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2020-08-21
- **Primary completion:** 2021-07-23
- **Final completion:** 2021-07-23
- **Target enrollment:** 8 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-10-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04490226

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04490226, "Endogenous vs. Exogenous Ketone Bodies". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04490226. Licensed CC0.

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