Clinical Trial: The Effect of Cycling, Running, and Playing Rugby on Three Biomarkers That May Indicate Brain Injury

U.S., Feb. 4 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06804291) titled 'The Effect of Cycling, Running, and Playing Rugby on Three Biomarkers That May Indicate Brain Injury' on Jan. 25.

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial was to determine if and how the biomarkers neurofilament light (NfL), brain lipid binding protein (BLBP), and amyloid precursor protein (APP) accumulated over 72 hours in venous blood following running, cycling, or playing rugby as compared to a non-exercising control group. Participants in this study were recreationally active and healthy males and females 18 - 49 years of age. The main questions it aimed to answer was:

Do NfL, BLBP, and APP increase following exercise? Res...