What this means
This is a plan for a study that has not started yet, so no results exist. It will test whether a seaweed and leucine food changes blood markers in people with muscle loss.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 60 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Evaluation of the Effect of a Seaweed Flour- and Leucine-Enriched Food on Metabolic and Inflammatory Status in Older Adults With Probable Sarcopenia or Sarcopenia
- Trial ID
- NCT07689994 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia in Elderly
- What is tested
- Standard chocolate-flavored cake, Leucine-Enriched Chocolate Cake, Leucine Plus Seaweed Flour-Enriched Chocolate Cake
- Sponsor
- Finis Terrae University
- Ages
- 60 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Jul 8, 2026 · updated Jul 8, 2026
Registry summary
Sarcopenia and probable sarcopenia are associated with loss of muscle strength, functional impairment, frailty, and an increased risk of adverse outcomes in older adults. In short-term interventions, structural or functional changes may be modest, whereas certain serum biomarkers of metabolic-nutritional response may be more sensitive. In this protocol version, serum transthyretin (TTR) has been selected as the primary outcome, without assuming that it represents, by itself, a direct measure of muscle mass or overall clinical efficacy.
Sites (1)
- Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile