NCT05007730

Enhancing Health and Quality of Life for Individuals With Dementia Through Transitional-State Snacks

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oregon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Malnutrition significantly contributes to the disability and mortality associated with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias. Thus, nutritional status is one important, modifiable clinical factor for maintaining physical and cognitive health among persons with dementia (PWD). This project will pilot an innovative approach to enhancing nutrition through the use of transitional-state snack supplements, or foods that start as one texture and change to another. Specifically, this study aims to demonstrate the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a transitional-state therapeutic nutrition supplement among adults with dementia. The central hypothesis is that access to ready-made, savory, nutrient- dense snack supplements that resemble "typical" preferred foods and eating habits will result in improved nutritional intake and status among PWD.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Nutrition Poor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Transitional-state food therapeutic nutrition supplement	Participants will consume at least one "snack-sized" package of the transitional-state food supplements per day across the intervention trial.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-11-03
• Completion: 2025-11-03
• First posted: 2021-08-16
• Last updated: 2025-12-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States