NCT05504668

The Cognitive Effects of 'Brainwaves' Supplementation in Cognitively Intact Older Adults

The Cognitive Effects of 'Brainwaves' Supplementation in Cognitively Intact Older Adults Experiencing Subjective Memory Decline: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Groups Investigation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 174 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northumbria University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study investigated the effects of a proprietorial herbal supplement, Turmeric Brainwave (now Mind focus), on cognition, mood and the microbiome in older adults experiencing subjective memory decline, following 90 days supplementation.

Detailed description

The primary aim of this randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel groups study was to assess the effects of a daily dose of Turmeric Brainwaves, versus placebo, both acutely and following 90 days consumption. Effects were to be assessed in 55-75 year old males and females who reported that their memory now was worse than when in their 20's. Effects were assessed via cognitive (including COMPASS and Cognimapp as well as 2 real-world long-term memory tasks (location-action (AKA Prospective Remembering Video Procedure (PRVP)) and recall of facts)) and mood (using visual analogue scales) outcomes and, additionally, stool and urine samples collected at the beginning and the end of the trial period assessed the microfloral community of the gut and urinary metabolome.

Conditions

• Cognitive Change
• Mood Change
• Microbial Colonization

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Turmeric Brainwave	A multiingredient herbal supplement with Turmeric as its most abundant single ingredient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-20
• Primary completion: 2022-02-02
• Completion: 2022-02-02
• First posted: 2022-08-17
• Last updated: 2022-08-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom