Post-Exercise Cardiovascular Responses Following Energy Drink Consumption

QTc Interval Clinical Trial

Official title: Post-Exercise Cardiovascular Responses Following Energy Drink Consumption in Young, Healthy Adults

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of consuming an original flavor energy drink on electrocardiographic (ECG) and hemodynamic responses during and after exercise in healthy subjects. The effect of drinking an energy drink on exercise performance will also be evaluated.

Clinical Trial Description

The study will employ a double-blinded, randomized, crossover design to evaluate the cardiovascular (CV) effects of an energy drink during post-exercise recovery. Subjects who express interest in the study will be screen for eligibility. Those who are eligible will be consented. An inquire into usual caffeine intake to assess caffeine naïve or caffeine tolerant. Participants height, weight and race will be recorded. A resting 12-lead baseline ECG and blood pressure (BP) will be obtained to rule out CV anomalies. A cardiologist will review every baseline ECG and BP reading to rule out everything but a normal sinus rhythm and BP < 130/80 mmHg. Subjects who meet inclusion criteria and are approved by the cardiologist will be enrolled and allocated a randomized participant identification (ID) number. They will be given the "Participant Instruction Sheet"

Participants will be randomly assigned, blinded to consume a single 24 oz container of an energy drink or a 24 oz container of a control drink. Participants will serve as their own controls, so they will undergo testing in the experimental and control drink conditions, separated by 4 to 14 day. Each 24 oz control drink will be comprised of 585 ml of carbonated water, 30 ml of reconstituted lime juice and 105 ml of cherry flavoring. This control drink formula is identical to that used by Fletcher et al. (2017). The carbohydrate content of the 24 oz control drink is 81 g, which is the same as the 81 g per 24 oz energy drink. Participants will fast 12 hours, asked to refrain from vigorous exercised 24-hours, and abstain from caffeine consumption 48-hours prior to consuming a randomly assigned single 24 oz can of an original flavor energy drink within a 30-minute period. Investigator and participant will be blinded.

Subjects will be asked to visit either Heart, Lung and Vascular clinic or exercised physiology laboratory (CSUS subjects) twice, separated by 4-14 days to undergo testing. ECG electrodes will be placed on the upper torso and remain in place throughout the experiment. Baseline ECG, HR, BP, blood sample and body weight will be obtained. Catheter placement and blood draws will be performed by a registered clinical cardiopulmonary technician, registered nurse or a resident physician. Approximately 20 mil of blood will be taken at each time point.

Subjects will perform a continuous, progressive treadmill or bicycle ergometry test until volitional exhaustion. The treadmill test will begin with walking at 3.4 mph at 0% grade, then speed increased to 7 mph (males) or 6 mph (females) and grade increased by 2.5% every 2 minutes until > 85% ag-predicted maximum heart rate and volitional exhaustion has been reached. Subjects performing the ergometry test will being cycling at a resistance of 100 W for 2 minutes with the resistance increased by 25 W (males) or 15 W (females), each minute thereafter. Maximum HR will be calculated using the Tanaka formula (Tanaka et al., 2001). A 12-lead ECG will remain in place on subject and monitored continuously during exercise, and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) will be recorded every minute of each workload increase. After completion of exercise, subject will remain standing on treadmill (or seated on ergometer) for 10 minutes while ECG, BP, HR and blood samples are obtained. Subsequent ECG measures will be obtained at 1,4,7 and 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, the subjects will be free to sit, stand or move quietly in the lab. During the 2-hour post exercise monitoring period, subject's ECG, HR, BP will be recorded at 30-minute intervals. Blood samples for caffeine, taurine, L-carnitine, plasma free fatty acids, glucose and lactate will be collected immediate upon cessation of exercise, at 1 and 2 hours post exercise. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• QTc Interval

• NCT number: NCT03418077
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 7, 2018
• Completion date: May 31, 2019