Effects of Whole Egg Consumption on Inflammation, Mood, and Recovery in Collegiate Female Gymnasts

• Sponsor: Iowa State University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT05034315
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 13
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 22
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 0.6

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The objectives were to investigate the effects of whole egg consumption by collegiate female gymnasts on inflammatory markers, mood, and recovery.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Inflammation	Other: Whole egg consumption	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 13 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: Effects of Whole Egg Consumption on Inflammation, Mood, and Recovery in Collegiate Female Gymnasts
• Actual Study Start Date: Jul 1, 2018
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Apr 30, 2019
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 30, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Whole egg consumption	Other: Whole egg consumption; The participants in the whole egg group consumed two whole eggs immediately after exercise.
No Intervention: No egg control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Serum C-reactive protein (CRP) [8 months]

2. Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) [8 months]

3. Serum soluble interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6R) [8 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 22 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: Female
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Membership on the university gymnastics team

Exclusion Criteria:

• egg allergies, asthma, coronary artery disease, depression, diabetes, hypertension, migraines, cancer or cancer-related complications, or auto-immune disorder

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Iowa State University	Ames	Iowa	United States	50011

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Iowa State University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Iowa State University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05034315
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-309
• First Posted: Sep 5, 2021
• Last Update Posted: Sep 5, 2021
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2021

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Inflammation

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 5, 2021