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CompletedNCT03295968Updated Sep 28, 2017

IL-6 in Exercise-Induced Anorexia

An interventional study of High Intensity Exercise/Ibuprofen in Appetitive Behavior and Pediatric Obesity, sponsored by University of Toronto. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to male participants aged 13 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-28.

Primary conditionPediatric ObesityRegistry: Appetitive BehaviorReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Appetitive Behavior — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Pediatric Obesity
Why
  1. Appetitive Behavior is a broad heading, used only when no more specific condition is named.
  2. The study's listed conditions name Pediatric Obesity.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
Wrong?
Tell us the study's main condition →

Sponsored by University of Toronto · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
13 Years to 18 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This study investigates the effect of high intensity exercise, with and without the inflammation inhibitor, ibuprofen, on plasma levels of IL-6 and other selective biomarkers of inflammation and appetite on food intake and subjective ratings of appetite in normal-weight boys.

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Conditions studied

  • Appetitive Behavior
  • Pediatric Obesity

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In context

Pediatric Obesity Reclassified

1,129 studies on the registry are indexed under Pediatric Obesity; 187 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 15 is below the median of 100 across 870 interventional studies indexed under Pediatric Obesity.

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Lead sponsor

University of Toronto is the lead sponsor of 403 studies on the registry; 54 are open to participants now.

Compared within Pediatric Obesity, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Appetitive Behavior. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • 13-18 yrs, healthy, male

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • female, heamatophobia, following a diete, diagnosed with diabetes or other metabolic diseases, scoring ≥11 on an Eating Habit Questionnaire
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
15 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    Water and Rest
  • Experimental
    Water and High Intensity Exercise

    Other: High Intensity Exercise/Ibuprofen

  • Experimental
    Ibuprofen and Rest

    Other: High Intensity Exercise/Ibuprofen

  • Experimental
    Ibuprofen and High Intensity Exercise

    Other: High Intensity Exercise/Ibuprofen

Interventions

  • OtherHigh Intensity Exercise/Ibuprofen

    HIEX, with and without the inflammation inhibitor, ibuprofen, on plasma levels of IL-6 and other selective biomarkers of inflammation and appetite on food intake and subjective ratings of appetite in normal-weight boys.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Food Intake

    Participants were provided with ad libitum lunch meal, consisting of rice (Uncle Ben's, Bolton, ON, Canada), beef meatballs (President's Choice, Brampton, ON, Canada) and tomato sauce (Ragu, Mount Prospect, IL, USA) at 100 - 120 min. The meatballs were cut into small and uniform pieces and were mixed homogeneously with the other ingredients in a bowl. One bowl was a 479.5 g portion which represented 827.5 kcal, 30.8 g fat, 104.8 g carbohydrate and 30.2 g protein based on the weight consumed and the compositional information provided by the manufacturers. Two portions we served in 10 min intervals and FI from the pizza meal was calculated based on the weight consumed during the lunch. Participants were instructed to eat until comfortably and stay seated during the duration of the meal.

    Time frame: 100-120 min

  2. Visual Analog Scale Appetite Scores

    Visual Analog Scales were employed to assess subjective appetite based on the following questionnaires: Determination to Eat, Hunger, Fullness and Prospective Food Consumption.

    Time frame: 0-120min

  3. Appetite Biomarkers

    Active Ghrelin, Blood Glucose, Insulin, Peptide-YY and Glucagon-like peptide-1 were determined as appetite biomarkers.

    Time frame: 0-120min

  4. Inflammatory and Stress Biomarkers

    Interleukin-6, Tumor necrosis factor alpha and cortisol were determined as appetite biomarkers.

    Time frame: 0-120min

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Toronto
    Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada
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References and documents

Publications

  • Almada C, Cataldo LR, Smalley SV, Diaz E, Serrano A, Hodgson MI, Santos JL. Plasma levels of interleukin-6 and interleukin-18 after an acute physical exercise: relation with post-exercise energy intake in twins. J Physiol Biochem. 2013 Mar;69(1):85-95. doi: 10.1007/s13105-012-0191-x. Epub 2012 Jul 19. PubMed 22810957 ↗
  • Anderson GH, Hunschede S, Akilen R, Kubant R. Physiology of Food Intake Control in Children. Adv Nutr. 2016 Jan 15;7(1):232S-240S. doi: 10.3945/an.115.009357. Print 2016 Jan. PubMed 26773031 ↗
  • Banks WA. Anorectic effects of circulating cytokines: role of the vascular blood-brain barrier. Nutrition. 2001 May;17(5):434-7. doi: 10.1016/s0899-9007(01)00507-x. PubMed 11377145 ↗
  • Banks WA, Gertler A, Solomon G, Niv-Spector L, Shpilman M, Yi X, Batrakova E, Vinogradov S, Kabanov AV. Principles of strategic drug delivery to the brain (SDDB): development of anorectic and orexigenic analogs of leptin. Physiol Behav. 2011 Nov 30;105(1):145-9. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.05.024. Epub 2011 Jun 6. PubMed 21669216 ↗
  • Blundell JE, Gibbons C, Caudwell P, Finlayson G, Hopkins M. Appetite control and energy balance: impact of exercise. Obes Rev. 2015 Feb;16 Suppl 1:67-76. doi: 10.1111/obr.12257. PubMed 25614205 ↗
  • Blundell JE, King NA. Exercise, appetite control, and energy balance. Nutrition. 2000 Jul-Aug;16(7-8):519-22. doi: 10.1016/s0899-9007(00)00250-1. No abstract available. PubMed 10906542 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — Individual participant data will not be made available to other researchers.Participant's identities will be kept confidential. Records will be kept in a locked filing cabinet in the Fitzgerald building at 150 College Street, room 437. Access will be restricted to those directly involved with the project, such as the investigator and the co-investigators. Following recruitment and attainment of informed consent, participants will be given an ID # which will be used on all forms and data analysis. Informed consent forms will be kept in a locked cabinet in a locked office, contain participant names. Research records will be identified by initials, ID number, test and date. Results identified by date and ID number will only be entered on password-protected personal computers kept in locked laboratories or offices at the University of Toronto. Any electronic data will be held on encrypted computers and USB sticks for the same period of time.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Mar 2016, a primary completion of Oct 2016 and a completion of Oct 2016. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 22, 2017
First posted
Sep 28, 2017
Start
Mar 2016
Primary completionActual
Oct 2016
CompletionActual
Oct 2016
Last update
Sep 28, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 28, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03295968
Responsible party
G. Harvey Anderson (Professor, University of Toronto) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 28, 2017
Start date
Mar 2016
Primary completion
Oct 2016
Completion
Oct 2016
Last update
Sep 28, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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