Single Low-Dose of Supplement Amino Acid

Completed 16 enrolled Pennington Biomedical Research Center

RandomizedCrossoverDouble-blindBasic science

Summary

The purpose of the study is to confirm the results of a prior study that demonstrated pills containing two amino acids which are in foods increased growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1.

Timeline

Start: 2011-10
Primary completion: 2011-12
Completion: 2012-03

Publications

Tam CS, Johnson WD, Rood J, Heaton AL, Greenway FL. Increased Human Growth Hormone After Oral Consumption of an Amino Acid Supplement: Results of a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Crossover Study in Healthy Subjects. Am J Ther. 2020 Jul/Aug;27(4):e333-e337. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000893.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Amino acid supplement	Other / unclassified	—	Oral

Indications

No indication recorded.