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NCT Number: NCT04128449

Modifications in the Anaerob Threshold in Cyclists by Consuming Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)

In a double-blind, parallel randomized clinical trial with 38 cyclists in whom the performance improvement was determined after the consumption of docosahexaenoic acid for one month.

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Key information

Conditions

Performance

Age range

18 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Catholic University of Murcia

Murcia, 30107, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male between 18 and 75 years old.
  • Cyclists who train three or four times a week.

Exclusion criteria

  • Suffering some type of chronic disease.
  • Consume habitually pharmacological treatments that could influence the physiological or biochemical responses to be analyzed in the present work.
  • Consumption in the month prior to the start of the study, or during the performance of the same, functional food enriched with omega-3 fatty acids.
  • To present during the performance of the stress tests, any of the absolute or relative contraindications dictated by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, 1999) 15 would be duly informed and excluded from the present study.

Treatment and study plan

Docosahexaenoic acid

Dietary Supplement

5 dragees every 24 hours

Placebo

Dietary Supplement

5 dragees every 24 hours

Primary outcomes

  1. ergospirometry variable: heart rate

    Time frame: The change was evaluated after one month of product consumption.

    It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym). Heart rate was measured in beats per minute.

  2. ergospirometry variable: absolute oxygen consumption

    Time frame: The change was evaluated after one month of consumption of the product

    It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym).It was measured in milliliters per minute

Secondary outcomes

  1. ergospirometry variable:respiratory ratio

    Time frame: The change was evaluated after one month of consumption of the product

    It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym). Through the oxycon pro jaeger gas analyzer.

  2. ergospirometry variable: oxygen equivalent

    Time frame: The change was evaluated after one month of consumption of the product

    It was done with a bicycle with electromagnetic resistance (Spin Trainer ;Technogym). Through the oxycon pro jaeger gas analyzer.

  3. blood variables: Natremia, potassium, chloremia, calcemia, , bicarbononatemia, ph, lactacidemia.

    Time frame: The change was evaluated after one month of product consumption.

    The following variables were analyzed: The variables are analyzed using the ABL 77 radiometer. The unit of measurement is mmol / L.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Modifications in the Anaerob Threshold in Cyclists (DHA)

Acronym: MATCY

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Oct 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 18, 2019

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