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Carla M Prado is an expert in Nutrition at University of Alberta (Canada). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Carla M Prado in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Sarcopenia, Nutrition Disorders and Obesity. Carla M Prado has authored 576 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 19 clinical trials, 4 of them ongoing. SLR score: 2,316 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Carla M Prado University of Alberta Canada
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Nutrition

Subspecialties: Endocrinology - Oncology - Public Health

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Short Biography

Dr. Carla Prado is a Distinguished University Professor and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Integrative Nutrition, Body Composition, and Energy Metabolism (Tier 1) at the University of Alberta. She is also a Registered Dietitian and Director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit, renowned as one of the top research and training facilities for body composition and energy metabolism assessments worldwide. The focus of her current research program is to investigate the prevalence and health outcomes of abnormal body composition phenotypes in patients with diverse chronic conditions.

Organizations

Career arc: 2007 - 2026
Source: PubMed

University of Alberta

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 576

Citations

Citations: 27 189 1st author: 43 Last author: 158 Unique author: 1

Main journals

Clin Nutr 53
Clin Nutr ESPEN 42
Am J Clin Nutr 27
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle 18
Nutrition 18

Best Journals

Nat Rev Endocrinol 2
Cell 1
Cell Host Microbe 1

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Inflammation Hinders Anabolic Potential of Nutritional Support in Cancer: Findings from the PRIMe trial.
PMID 42575283 — cytokines, nutritional support, amino acids, neoplasms, body composition, hormones, colorectal neoplasms, counseling		Am J Clin Nutr20260
Protein intake, physical activity, and skeletal muscle outcomes in middle-aged adults: an observational study from the US.
PMID 42553411 — exercise, muscles, body composition, aged, sex, nutritional sciences, muscle, skeletal, education, sarcopenia		J Nutr Sci20260
Protocol for OPAL: Online prehabilitation for patients with cirrhosis awaiting liver transplantation - A multicentre randomized controlled trial.
PMID 42521011 — liver transplantation, multiple chronic conditions, liver, transplants, frailty, transplantation		Contemp Clin Trials20260
Arm circumference as a predictor of cancer outcomes: validity of proposed cutoff points and BMI adjustment factors.
PMID 42475886 — mortality, neoplasms, hospital mortality, length of stay		Nutrition20261
Association of Testosterone With Lean Soft Tissue and Handgrip Strength Across Middle-Aged Men.
PMID 42415341 — serum, body composition, testosterone, aged, muscle strength, tissues, cachexia, sarcopenia		J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle20261

Clinical Studies 19

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

Synthesis

Principal Investigator: 3

By phase:

N/A 16
Phase 4 2
Phase 3 1

By status:

Completed 13
Recruiting 4
Active not recruiting 1
Unknown 1

By type:

Interventional 14
Observational 5

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 14
multicentric2to4 5
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 0

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Ongoing Clinical Trials

4 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Clinical Investigation of MYIBDDiet App Developed for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients to Self manage Their Diet
NCT06683105 — self-management, pilots, colitis, eating, malnutrition, crohn disease, self care, diet, mediterranean, diet, inflammatory bowel diseases, diet, healthy, colitis, ulcerative		N/ARecruiting2026
ImpRoving hEalth behaviourS for LIfe After ENdometrial CancEr Trial
NCT06038032 — exercise, cancer survivors, neoplasms, body composition, self care, waist circumference, mental health, endometrial neoplasms		N/ARecruiting2024
APOLLO Personalized rehAbilitation PrOgram in aLLOgeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
NCT05579678 — exercise, bone marrow, nursing, bone marrow transplantation, rehabilitation, stress disorders, traumatic, transplants, transplantation, bone and bones		N/ARecruiting2022
Fiber and Metformin Combination Therapy in Adolescents With Severe Obesity and Insulin Resistance
NCT04578652 — insulin resistance, insulin, pediatric obesity, tablets, adolescent, obesity, therapeutics, dietary fiber, gum arabic, gastrointestinal microbiome, obesity, morbid, metformin		Phase 3Recruiting2021

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Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex, ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS