Nutritional Supplementation in Cognitive Aging - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Cincinnati Welch Foods Incorporated
Information provided by:	University of Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00599508

Purpose

To evaluate the effect of supplemented fruit juice on memory function in older adults

Condition	Intervention
Age-Related Memory Decline	Dietary Supplement: purple grape juice Dietary Supplement: wild blueberry juice Dietary Supplement: placebo juice

MedlinePlus related topics: Dietary Supplements Memory

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Nutritional Supplementation in Cognitive Aging

Further study details as provided by University of Cincinnati:

Primary Outcome Measures:

memory performance [ Time Frame: at the end of the intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

cortisol [ Time Frame: at the end of the intervention ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	33
Study Start Date:	June 2006
Study Completion Date:	June 2008
Primary Completion Date:	June 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
A: Experimental purple grape juice.	Dietary Supplement: purple grape juice Several ounces three times a day for 12 weeks. Specific dosage determined by subject's weight.
B: Active Comparator wild blueberry juice	Dietary Supplement: wild blueberry juice Several ounces of juice consumed three times a day for 12 weeks; dosage determined according to subject's weight.
C: Placebo Comparator placebo juice	Dietary Supplement: placebo juice several ounces consumed three times a day for 12 weeks; dosage determined according to subject's weight

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00599508

Locations

United States, Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267-0559

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Cincinnati

Welch Foods Incorporated

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Robert Krikorian, Ph.D.

University of Cincinnati

More Information

Responsible Party:	Welch Foods Incorporated ( Pam Gardner )
Study ID Numbers:	06-03-20-08
Study First Received:	January 10, 2008
Last Updated:	July 28, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00599508
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by University of Cincinnati:

memory
aging

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009