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Food Intake and Thermogenesis in High Spinal Cord Injury
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Who can join
Ages 18 to 65 · Men · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: SCI and Controls * Men * Physically inactive (\<150 minutes per week of moderate-vigorous activity intensity for the preceding 3 months) * Weight stable: body mass ±3 kilograms (kg) for past 3 months SCI Only * Chronic SCI (≥ 1-year post-injury) * Motor-complete SCI American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) A and B * T6 injuries and above that can independently feed themselves Exclusion Criteria: SCI and Controls * Uncompensated thyroid disease * Diabetes * Swallowing or gastrointestinal pathologies * Allergies or aversions to foods/ingredients * Prescribed prokinetic, antipsychotic, or anti-obesity agents SCI Only * Incomplete SCI AIS C or D * Ventilator-dependent
About the study
The purpose of this research is to determine the effects of food on cardiovascular and metabolic health in men with and without spinal cord injury (SCI).
What is being tested
- Low meal condition (other)
- Moderate meal condition (other)
- High meal condition (other)
- Ad-libitum control condition (other)
Sponsor: University of Miami · Participants: 56 · Started: Mar 13, 2026
Contact the study team
- Guillermo Mederos · Phone: (305) 243-4518
- Gary J Farkas, PhD · Phone: (305) 243-4518
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07103993
Locations in the U.S.
| Florida | University of Miami - Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.