Physiological Responses to a Prolonged Cycling Expedition in Older Men

Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physiological Responses to a Prolonged Cycling Expedition in Older Men

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02353624
• Other study ID #: Nordkapp cycling study
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 22, 2015
• Last updated: February 2, 2015
• Start date: May 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2015
• Source: University of Copenhagen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Danish Dataprotection Agency
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study was to test the physiological response to a 2800 km cycling expedition, from Copenhagen, Denmark to Nordkapp, Norway, in a group of older male recreational cyclists.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 6
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: May 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participation in the cycling expedition

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Cycling
Cycling distance of 2880 km in 14 days

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	University of Copenhagen, Department of Biomedical Sciences	Copenhagen N

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Energy intake (Measured using selfreported and supervised food logs)	Measured using selfreported and supervised food logs	Change from baseline	No
Other	Body composition	Measured from isotope dilution	Change from baseline	No
Other	Energy Balance (Discrepancy between energy expenditure and intake or changes in body composition)	Discrepancy between energy expenditure and intake or changes in body composition	Change from baseline	No
Other	Cardiac Stress		Change from baseline	No
Primary	Total daily energy expenditure (Measured using the doubly labeled water technique)	Measured using the doubly labeled water technique	Change from baseline	No
Secondary	Peak fat oxidation (Measured during incremental submaximal exercise)	Measured during incremental submaximal exercise	Change from baseline	No