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Postprandial Blood Cell Transcriptome of Normal Weight and Obese Subjects to 3 Caloric Doses of a High-fat Meal

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01995110
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 26, 2013
Last Update Posted : April 24, 2014
Sponsor:
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Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The study will quantitatively evaluate the metabolic response of normal weight and obese subjects to three high-fat meals differing in caloric dose by analysing the postprandial blood transcriptome.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Obesity Nutritional Intervention Other: high-fat meal A Other: high-fat meal B Other: high-fat meal C Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 14 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Official Title: Identification of Nutritional Health Biomarkers for Metabolic Flexibility in Blood - a Randomized, Postprandial, Caloric Dose-response Strategy
Study Start Date : March 2011
Actual Primary Completion Date : August 2012
Actual Study Completion Date : November 2013
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: normal weight subjects Other: high-fat meal A
Other Name: high-fat meal consisting of 500 kcal

Other: high-fat meal B
Other Name: high-fat meal B consisting of 1000 kcal

Other: high-fat meal C
Other Name: high-fat meal C consisting of 1500 kcal
Experimental: obese subjects Other: high-fat meal A
Other Name: high-fat meal consisting of 500 kcal

Other: high-fat meal B
Other Name: high-fat meal B consisting of 1000 kcal

Other: high-fat meal C
Other Name: high-fat meal C consisting of 1500 kcal


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. blood cell transkriptome/ gene-expression [ Time Frame: 0h, 2h, 4h, 6h ]
    • differently expressed genes between normal weight and obese subjects at baseline
    • changes in gene-expression 2, 4 and 6h after consumption


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   25 Years to 50 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for normal weight subjects:

  • age 25-50
  • 20<BMI>25
  • waist circumference <94cm

Inclusion Criteria for obese subjects:

  • age 25-50
  • 30<BMI>40
  • waist circumference >102cm

Exclusion Criteria for both groups:

  • physiological or psychological diseases
  • allergies to food or intolerance to high-fat meal
  • vegetarians, vegans
  • chronic intake of drugs
  • smokers
  • diabetes mellitus type I and II
  • debiliating kidney disease
  • debiliating liver disease
  • clinically established coronary heart diseases
  • ingestion of vitamins or dietary supplements during the course of the study
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Locations
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Switzerland
Agroscope
Berne, Switzerland, CH-3003
University Hospital Inselspital Berne
Berne, Switzerland, CH-3010
Sponsors and Collaborators
Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Guy Vergeres, PhD Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
Study Director: Doreen Gille, M.Sc. Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
Study Director: Kurt Laederach, MD Inselspital University of Berne
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Responsible Party: Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01995110    
Other Study ID Numbers: NUTRICHIP-1-transcriptome
First Posted: November 26, 2013    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 24, 2014
Last Verified: April 2014