NCT03944421 (MYCOMEAT) is a NA clinical trial of Red and Processed Meat in Colorectal Cancer, sponsored by Northumbria University.

Who is sponsoring NCT03944421?

NCT03944421 is sponsored by Northumbria University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03944421?

Interventions in NCT03944421: Red and Processed Meat, Quorn.

What condition does NCT03944421 study?

NCT03944421 studies Colorectal Cancer.

Is NCT03944421 still recruiting?

NCT03944421 is currently completed. Last updated 1 June 2020.

Last reviewed 2020-06-01 · How we verify

NCT03944421: MYCOMEAT

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Effects of Replacing Red and Processed Meat With Quorn on Biomarkers of Gut Health

Completed NA Last updated 1 June 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Red and Processed Meat in Colorectal Cancer in 20 participants. Completed in 29 January 2020.

Timeline

3 July 2019

Primary endpoint
29 January 2020

29 January 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Northumbria University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	20
Start date	3 July 2019
Primary completion	29 January 2020
Estimated completion	29 January 2020
Sites	1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

Red and Processed Meat
Quorn

Conditions studied

Colorectal Cancer — all drugs for Colorectal Cancer →

Sponsor

Northumbria University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 50, male only, with Colorectal Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will evaluate the effects of substituting red and processed meat in the diet with Quorn; a meat replacement product, on biomarkers of gut health. This will be a crossover design where participants will take part in 2 study periods where they will consume a diet containing red and processed meat during one of the study periods, whereas in the other study period, they will consume a diet containing Quorn.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Substituting meat for mycoprotein reduces genotoxicity and increases the abundance of beneficial microbes in the gut: Mycomeat, a randomised crossover control trial.
Farsi DN, Gallegos JL, Koutsidis G, Nelson A, et al · · 2023 · cited 22× · PMID 36651990 · DOI 10.1007/s00394-023-03088-x
The effects of substituting red and processed meat for mycoprotein on biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in healthy volunteers: an analysis of secondary endpoints from Mycomeat.
Farsi DN, Gallegos JL, Finnigan TJA, Cheung W, et al · · 2023 · cited 8× · PMID 37624376 · DOI 10.1007/s00394-023-03238-1

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03944421 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Northumbria University
Last refreshed: 1 June 2020

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