Feasibility Nutritional Supplements for Muscle Growth in CP
ConditionSpastic Cerebral Palsy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-10
SponsorUniversitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a 10-week plan with a nutritional supplement (leucine) and to perform pilot analyses on the effect of leucine on macroscopic muscle morphology in children with cerebral palsy.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Uni- of bilateral involvement
Level II or III on the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
Muscle volume for the medial gastrocnemius (target muscle) of at least 20% compared to the expected muscle volume in age-matched typically developing children
Disqualifiers
Presence of dyskinesia or ataxia
Severe co-morbidities
Botulinum toxin treatment ten months prior to assessment
Previous orthopedic or neurosurgery
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Dietary Supplement: Leucine
Treatment groups
5 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov