NBA G-League Sweat Testing Study: Validity of the Gx Sweat Patch in Measuring Sweating Rate and Sweat Chloride Concentration During On-court Training With Basketball Players

PepsiCo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sweat Analysis

Treatments: Other: Gx sweat patch; Other: Reference sweat patch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT04679532

PEP-2001

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the validity of the Gx Sweat Patch in measuring sweating rate and sweat chloride concentration during moderate-high intensity practice against well-established reference methods in field conditions with basketball athletes

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-40 years of age
• Subject is participating in training/competition with the NBA G-league
• Subject is participating in a coach led practice

Exclusion criteria

• Subject has an allergy to adhesives (e.g., experiences rash reactions to typical adhesive bandages)
• Subject has participated in a clinical trial within past 30 days
• Subject has participated in any PepsiCo trial within past 6 months
• Subject has a condition the investigator believes would interfere with his/her ability to provide informed consent, comply with the study protocol, which might confound the interpretation of the study results or put the person at undue risk

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

Validation. Gx sweat collection patch

Other group

Description:

Left ventral forearm placement using Epicore Biosystems Gx patch

Treatment:

Other: Gx sweat patch

Validation. Reference sweat collection patch

Other group

Description:

Right ventral forearm placement using a well-established methodology as published in peer-reviewed journals

Treatment:

Other: Reference sweat patch