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Register: CTRI
Last refreshed on: 4 May 2013
Main ID:  CTRI/2009/091/000770
Date of registration: 12-10-2009
Primary sponsor: Dr Anura V Kurpad Dean, St John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India
Public title: A study to know the effects of vitamin B12 on energy expenditure in healthy adult men
Scientific title: Role of vitamin B12 in modulating resting and noradrenaline stimulated energy expenditure in healthy adult men
Date of first enrolment: 01-10-2009
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=944
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Single Arm Trial
Method of generating randomization sequence:Not Applicable Method of allocation concealment:Not Applicable Blinding and masking:Not Applicable
 
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Name: Dr Sucharita S 
Address:  Associate Professor Department of Physiology, St John's Medical College 560034 Bangalore, KARNATAKA India
Telephone: 080 22065060
Email: sucharita@sjri.res.in
Affiliation:  Associate Professor
Name: Dr Sucharita S 
Address:  Associate Professor Department of Physiology, St John's Medical College 560034 Bangalore, KARNATAKA India
Telephone: 080 22065060
Email: sucharita@sjri.res.in
Affiliation:  Associate Professor
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: healthy adult men between the age group of 20 to 40 years with serum vitamin b12 levels less than 148 pmol/L
Exclusion criteria: history of chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension,tuberculosis, malignancy, chronic renal failure, alcohol intake greater than 2STD and any form of anemia and neuropathy

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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
human subjects with subclinical Vitamin B12 deficiency based on a serum Vitamin B12 cutoff of <148 pmol/L
Intervention(s)
Intervention1: vitamin B12 supplementation: 100 microgram once daily for 4 months
Control Intervention1: nil: nil
Primary Outcome(s)
Oxygen consumption, Respiratory quotient, Energy expenditure, Heart rate, Blood pressureTimepoint: at the end of 4 months of Vitamin B12 supplementation
Secondary Outcome(s)
Vitamin B12, Homocysteine, Methyl melanoic acid, free fatty acid, Thyriod hormone, Insulin, GlucoseTimepoint: at the end of 4 months of Vitamin B12 supplementation
Secondary ID(s)
NIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Research Society, St John's medical College, Bangalore-34
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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