NCT06380322Completed
Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study
Stand Ready: Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The Military Health and Nutrition Examination Study (MHANES) is a Department of Defense funded study conducted by Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. This cross-sectional study will assess, in a large, diverse sample of Army Service Members (n=650), food and supplement intake, cardiovascular health, body composition, biomarkers of nutritional status, measures of health status, injury prevalence, mental wellbeing, gut microbiome composition, and physical performance outcomes. The proposed study is modeled after the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and customized for the Army population.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 648 (actual)
- First submitted
- 30 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 24 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- Diseases
- High blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT06380322
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 648
- From 24 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Feb 2026
- 6 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Age
- Soldiers under the age of 18 years
Other
- Soldiers with an inability to understand verbal or written instructions or testing materials in English
- Soldiers relocating or getting out of the Army in the next 30 days
- Pregnant females
- Soldiers currently in Basic Training (BCT) and/or One-Station Unit Training (OSUT)
Who the study is looking for
- U.S. Army Soldiers ≥ 18 years old
- Willing to have biological samples stored for future use
- Willing to have data linked to the Soldier Performance, Health, and Readiness (SPHERE) database
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennington Biomedical Research Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baton Rouge | United States | Unknown status |
| Fort Campbell Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Campbell | United States | Unknown status |
| 4th Infantry Division & Fort Carson Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fort Carson | United States | Unknown status |
| Fort Stewart Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hinesville | United States | Unknown status |
| Joint Base Lewis-McChord Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Joint Base Lewis McChord | United States | Unknown status |
| Fort Johnson Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leesville | United States | Unknown status |
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