Cyclists recruited to test banned performance-enhancing substance

Researchers at the University of Auckland Department of Sport and Exercise Science are looking for cyclists willing to take Synacthen, a possible performance enhancing substance.

They are recruiting healthy, non-smoking, trained male cyclists, 20-35 years of age, to participate in a study looking at the potential effect of Synacthen (ACTH mimetic hormone) administration on acute and subsequent cycling performance. Results will be considered by elite athletes and sport antidoping agencies to clearly state on the performance effect of the manipulation of corticotrophins pathways.

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