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Study NCT ID: NCT00686192
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2008-07-22
First Post: 2008-05-27
Is Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Calcium and Lipid Metabolism
Sponsor: USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: The Effects of Calcium Supplementation on Adipocyte Metabolism in Overweight Women
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2008-05
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: We hope to determine if supplementing the diet of women who habitually consume low levels of calcium, with 1500 mg of calcium a day for three months will increase fat oxidation and decrease fat storage. We will also measure concentrations of lipids, glucose, hormones and enzymes associated with fat and carbohydrate metabolism to determine alterations and mechanism of the metabolic changes.
Detailed Description: The incidence of obesity has rapidly increased in recent years and reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Recent epidemiological data has shown an inverse relationship between calcium intake and body fat and emerging research suggests that inadequate dietary calcium consumption may increase obesity. Studies in mice have shown that an increase in dietary calcium consumption creates a shift in the utilization of energy stores from carbohydrates to fat and a shift in the partitioning of energy from storage (as fat) to expenditure (as heat).

We will give 1500 mg of calcium a day for three months to women who habitually consume low levels of dietary calcium. The following measurements will be made before and after calcium supplementation: body fat by DEXA, lipolysis by infusion of stable isotopes of 1,1,2,3,3-\[2H5\] glycerol , hepatic glucose production by infusion of stable isotopes of 6,6-\[2H2\] glucose, lipogenesis by measurement of fatty acid synthase activity (14C radiochemical assay) , mRNA expression ( Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction) and protein content (ELISA), indirect calorimetry measurement of non-protein respiratory quotient (NPRQ), energy expenditure, fat and carbohydrate oxidation. Serum calcium, glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL, parathyroid hormone, leptin, free fatty acids, adiponectin, 1,25(OH)2D, 25(OH)D and urinary calcium excretion will also be measured.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: