Understanding Muscle Response to Exercise in Older Adults

This study aims to understand how aging and inflammation might affect how your muscles respond to exercise. Researchers are looking at young and older adults (ages 21-85) who will perform a single bout of resistance exercise. The main goal is to see how your body's muscle-building response (anabolic response) changes after exercise, measured over two months. You cannot participate if you have diabetes, a BMI over 30, anemia, or active heart disease. The study is currently observational, meaning researchers will observe participants without assigning specific treatments, and the recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an observational study involving 120 participants, including both young and older adults.
What's involved
Participants will perform a single session of unaccustomed resistance exercise. Researchers will assess muscle and fat tissue through biopsies and imaging.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The main outcome, anabolic response, will be measured at 2 months after the exercise.

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NCT06617195

Mechanisms of Anabolic Resistance in Older Humans

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 21–85Observational
Mayo Clinic
~120 participants
Updated 2026-01-21 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Exercise

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Anabolic response
Measured over 2 months
Aging

NCT06617195

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesotastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Ian Lanza · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Mayo Clinic

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  • Anabolic response2 months

    Skeletal muscle protein synthesis rates will be measured from isotopic enrichment of muscle proteins