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Study on Plant-Based vs. Beef Meals and Health Markers

This study is looking at how different high-fat meals affect your body. Researchers want to compare a meal with beef to a similar meal made with Beyond Meat. They will measure things like inflammation (how your body responds to irritation) and other health markers in your blood after you eat. You might be able to join if you are between 18 and 50 years old, are not pregnant or postmenopausal, and don't have certain health conditions like heart disease or diabetes. The study aims to see if plant-based meat alternatives have different effects on your health compared to beef. The current recruitment status is unclear, and the study plans to enroll 30 people.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 30 participants. It uses a randomized crossover design, meaning participants will try both types of meals.
What's involved
You would complete two meal trials. For each trial, an intravenous catheter (a small tube in your vein) will be inserted, and blood samples will be collected before and after eating a high-fat meal.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Blood samples will be measured for certain markers through study completion, up to 1 year.

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NCT06445296

Postprandial Effects of Animal Versus Plant-Based Protein

UNKNOWN
NAAges 18–50Interventional
Ball State University
~30 participants
Updated 2024-06-06 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:High-fat meal containing beefHigh-fat meal containing Beyond Meat

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Serum interleukin (IL)-6
Measured over Through study completion, up to 1 year.
+4 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Overweight or Obesity

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Indiana1

Study leadership

  • Bryant Keirns · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Ball State University

Who to contact

Bryant Keirns, PhD
[email protected]
765-285-8356
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

18 - 50 years.
Body mass index \> 18.5 kg/m2
Not pregnant (females only)
Not postmenopausal (females only).
Not been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease.
Not been diagnosed with a cardiometabolic conditions (e.g., type 2 diabetes)
Not been diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory condition (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease).
Does not regularly take anti-inflammatory drugs (more than 2x week).
Does not use glucose-lowering drugs (e.g., metformin)
Does not use lipid-lowering drugs (e.g., statins)
Does not use tobacco products or any illicit drugs.
Does not have a pacemaker.
Can consume pea products (Beyond Meat is made from pea protein).

Exclusion

Not between the ages of 18-50
Body mass index \< 18.5 kg/m2
Pregnant (females only)
Postmenopausal status (females only).
Been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease.
Been diagnosed with a cardiometabolic conditions (e.g., type 2 diabetes)
Been diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory condition (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease).
Regularly take anti-inflammatory drugs (more than 2x week).
Uses glucose-lowering drugs (e.g., metformin)
Uses lipid-lowering drugs (e.g., statins)
Uses tobacco products or any illicit drugs.
Have a pacemaker.
Allergic to pea products (Beyond Meat is made from pea protein).

What this trial measures

  • Serum interleukin (IL)-6Through study completion, up to 1 year.

    The investigators will measure serum IL-6 at baseline and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-hours after each meal containing either beef or Beyond Meat. Serum will be banked from each visit and this measurement will take place upon study completion.

  • Serum lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP)Through study completion, up to 1 year.

    The investigators will measure serum LBP at baseline and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-hours after each meal containing either beef or Beyond Meat. Serum will be banked from each visit and this measurement will take place upon study completion.

  • Serum soluble CD14 (sCD14)Through study completion, up to 1 year.

    The investigators will measure serum sCD14 at baseline and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-hours after each meal containing either beef or Beyond Meat. Serum will be banked from each visit and this measurement will take place upon study completion.

  • Serum lipopolysaccharideThrough study completion, up to 1 year.

    The investigators will measure serum lipopolysaccharide at baseline and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-hours after each meal containing either beef or Beyond Meat. Serum will be banked from each visit and this measurement will take place upon study completion.

  • Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alphaThrough study completion, up to 1 year.

    The investigators will measure serum (TNF)-alpha at baseline and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-hours after each meal containing either beef or Beyond Meat. Serum will be banked from each visit and this measurement will take place upon study completion.