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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Kirsten BrandtORCiD, Emeritus Professor Chris SealORCiD
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© 2020, The Author(s). : Safety and tolerability of prolonged supplementation with a vitamin D, calcium and leucine-enriched whey protein medical nutrition drink (WP-MND) was evaluated in sarcopenic older adults. Methods: A 13-week double-blinded, randomized, isocaloric placebo-controlled trial (PROVIDE study; n = 380) was extended with a voluntary 13-week open-label extension (OLE). OLE participants were randomized to receive daily 1 or 2 servings of WP-MND (21 g protein, 3 g leucine, 10 µg vitD and 500 mg calcium per serving). Gastro-intestinal tolerability, kidney function and serum levels of calcidiol, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium were evaluated at week 0, 13 and 26. Results and discussion: In response to the high daily protein intake (median1.5; IQR: 1.3, 1.7 g/kg BW/day), the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) increased in the test group during the RCT (p = 0.013). The same trend was observed for those participants with moderate chronic kidney disease. During OLE no eGFR change was observed in any of the groups. Serum calcidiol and calcium reached a plateau after 13-week WP-MND supplementation. As expected, PTH significantly changed in the opposite direction, decreasing during RCT in the test group (T vs C: p < 0.001) and during OLE in former control groups. During RCT, 20/366 participants with normal baseline calcidiol reached levels ≥ 100 nmol/L (T: n = 18; C: n = 2) and 6 developed albumin-corrected calcium levels > 2.55 mmol/L (T: n = 3; C: n = 3), without associated adverse events. Conclusion: A 6 months intervention with up to 2 servings of WP-MND did neither result in kidney function deterioration nor symptoms of vitamin D or calcium toxicity. The product was overall well tolerated.
Author(s): Bauer JM, Mikusova L, Verlaan S, Bautmans I, Brandt K, Donini LM, Maggio M, Mets T, Wijers SLJ, Garthoff JA, Luiking Y, Sieber C, Cederholm T, on behalf of the PROVIDE Consortium
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
Year: 2020
Volume: 32
Pages: 1501-1541
Online publication date: 12/03/2020
Acceptance date: 17/02/2020
Date deposited: 02/04/2020
ISSN (print): 1594-0667
ISSN (electronic): 1720-8319
Publisher: Springer
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01519-x
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-020-01519-x
PubMed id: 32162241
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