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Methodological Approaches to Bioavailability of Oral Creatine in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Meta-Research Study
Nutrients
2026
18(16):2697
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- PubMed
- PMID 42654277
- PubMed Central
- PMC13516631
- Funding
- Article-processing charge funded by a Faculty of Science, University of Split grant awarded to the lead author.
- Competing interests
- Authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Study snapshot
| Design | Meta-research study of randomized controlled trial reports |
|---|---|
| Model | Human |
| Sample | 357 reports corresponding to 343 randomized controlled trials |
| Intervention | Oral creatine formulations used as intervention or comparator |
| Duration | Trials published 1994–2023 |
| Endpoints | Creatine formulation reporting; Bioavailability assessment; Formulation comparisons; Dosing comparability |
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