Phase IV Interventional Study: Effect of Diet on Brain Function in Elderly Healthy People

University Hospital Muenster1 site in 1 country120 target enrollmentAugust 2006

ConditionsHealthy

Overview

Phase: Phase 3
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Healthy
Sponsor: University Hospital Muenster
Enrollment: 120
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: implicit visual-motor learning of a finger sequence of the hand.
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 14 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

We investigate whether a change in diet could provide positive effects on general brain functions in healthy elderly people.

Detailed Description

The age-related degradation of cognitive functions even to the point of neurodegenerative disorders such as alzheimer's disease are a growing public-health concern with potentially devastating effects. Refering to animal data and empirical studies, a healthy diet rich in unsaturated fatty acids and low in calories should improve cognitive functions such as learning and memory. To test this hypothesis, we study general brain functions in healthy elderly subjects (50-80 years old) during a short term diet.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

August 2006

End Date

October 2008

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel