Amino acid l-lysine tested for hormone effects in healthy volunteers
NCT ID NCT01220388
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether L-lysine, a common amino acid, changes levels of aldosterone and cortisol—hormones that control salt balance and stress. Twenty healthy men took L-lysine or a placebo for 13 days, then switched. Researchers measured hormone responses to standing, a drug, and a low-salt diet. The goal was to understand basic hormone control, not to treat any disease.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Oct 2010
- Finished
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Mar 2013
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Male subjects; * Age ranging 18 - 45 years old; * Submitted to a social security regimen; * Agreeing to the study \& Informed consent form signed; * Body mass index (\[weight (kg)/height (m)\]²) \< 27; * No treatment received 6 weeks before inclusion; * No anomaly after: complete clinical examination, pulse measurement, ECG; * Blood pressure on AMBP : Mean systolic blood pressure \< 135 mmHg \& Mean diastolic blood pressure \< 85 mmHg * No biological abnormality after biological testing o No participation in a clinical trial 3 months before inclusion. Exclusion Criteria: * Subject not agreeing to the study or impossible to follow-up; * Known history of significant medical or surgical pathology, notably endocrine; * Renal or hepatic insufficiency; * Nephrotic syndrome; * Edematous syndrome; * Hypertension or postural hypotension; * Cardiac rhythm or conduction pathologies; * Cardiac insufficiency; * Epilepsy; * Significant psychiatric disorder; * Known history of severe allergy, hypersensitivity to metoclopramide; * Hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase-isomaltase deficit; * Impaired lactose tolerance.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rouen Clinical research Centre (CIC 0204)
Rouen, 76031, France
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