NCT04348162

Food Anthocyanins and Flavanols as a Strategy for a Healthy Ageing: Cardiovascular Health and Cognitive Performance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Research Council, Spain · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study examines the effect of cocoa flavanols, red-berries anthocyanins or a combination of both on markers of cardiovascular health and cognition.

Detailed description

The study examines the effect of cocoa flavanols, red-berries anthocyanins or a combination of both on markers of cardiovascular health and cognition. Healthy volunteers are recruited to participate in a parallel study (n 30 per group) for 10 to 12 weeks. Markers of cardiovascular health (FMD, markers of inflammation and fatty acid metabolism) and cognition (neuropsychological tests and plasma neurotrophins) are being measured before and after intervention.

Conditions

• Healthy Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cocoa flavanols and berries anthocyanins	Effect of cocoa flavanols and berries anthocyanins on cardiovascular and cognitive health

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-15
• Primary completion: 2021-01-01
• Completion: 2021-05-15
• First posted: 2020-04-16
• Last updated: 2021-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain