The effect of ketogenic diet on dementia.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's dementia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000014651
- Lead Sponsor
- the ethics committee of the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
Twenty patients with AD underwent neurocognitive tests before and after intake of a ketogenic formula. These patients took the ketogenic formula daily for up to 12 weeks, and underwent neurocognitive tests. After the single intake, there was no significant difference, but after the chronic intake of the ketogenic formula, they showed significant improvements in the digit symbol coding test and immediate logical memory test compared with baseline.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Participants were excluded if they had a prior medical history
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The improvement of cognition
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The change of molecules for appetite.