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Clinical trialNCT02740660CompletedInterventional

Body Composition Changes With Albuterol and Caffeine Versus Placebo in Adolescents

SponsorPennington Biomedical Research CenterEnrollment12Pediatric Obesity
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether taking a combination of caffeine and albuterol three times per day will increase muscle and decrease fat in your child's body and to determine how these medications make your child feel. Albuterol is approved by the FDA for the treatment of asthma. It is not approved to increase muscle and decrease body fat in children.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

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Drugs studied

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CaffeinePlacebo
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Apr 2016
Primary completion
24 Oct 2017
Completion
31 Oct 2017
Last update posted
8 Oct 2019
Registered enrollment
12
Registry id
NCT02740660
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