NCT00599508

Nutritional Supplementation in Cognitive Aging

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Cincinnati · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 66 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate the effect of supplemented berry fruit juice and whole fruit berry powder on memory performance and brain function in older adults

Detailed description

Randomized trials involving daily supplementation with berry fruits in older adults with early memory changes. The berry products include Concord grape juice, blueberry juice, and whole fruit blueberry powder. Supplementation periods are 12 and 16 weeks, depending on berry product. The Aims of the studies are to assess effects on cognitive performance and in a subset of participants, in brain activity.

Conditions

• Cognitive Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Concord grape juice	Several ounces Concord grape juice administered 3 times a day for 12 or 16 weeks. Specific dosage determined by participant's weight.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	placebo juice	several ounces placebo juice consumed three times a day for 12 or 16 weeks; dosage determined according to participant's weight
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	blueberry juice	wild blueberry juice administered daily for 12 weeks, dosage determined according to participant's weight
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	whole fruit blueberry powder	whole fruit, freeze dried blueberry powder derived from a blend of cultivated blueberries administered daily for 16 weeks
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	berry placebo powder	berry placebo powder administered daily for 16 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2008-01-23
• Last updated: 2016-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States