Nutraceutical Effects on Long-Term Memory

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

Interventions to improve the cognitive health of older adults are of critical importance. In the current protocol, ithe investigators conducted a short-term (two months) randomized clinical trial to examine the influence of the nutraceutical NT-020 on the cognitive performance of older adults. Participants were tested with a battery of cognitive tasks at baseline and two months after being randomized to the interventional drug or placebo.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01963767

Run by

University of South Florida

People needed

139

Starts

2011-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-04

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults 65-85 years of age (inclusive).
• Able to understand and sign the informed consent.
• Native English-speaking.
• No evidence of dementia (MMSE >=23).
• Each subject must be willing to give consent after being informed of the experimental nature of therapy, alternatives, potential benefits, side-effects, risks and discomforts.
• All subjects must be willing to be monitored for adequacy of nutritional intake during the intervention, as is the current standard of clinical practice.

You may not qualify if…

• Use of high dose antioxidant supplements other than what is provided in the trial.
• History of known allergy to components of the study supplements.
• Mental illness judged by the PI to preclude a successful completion of the trial.
• Persons who are not native English speakers are excluded from the current proposal because many of the cognitive tests that are administered are language-based and are heavily influenced by first language.
• Other acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that may increase risk associated with study participation or study drug administration, or may interfere with interpretation of study results, and in the judgment of the investigator would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study.

Where it is running

• University of South Florida — Tampa, Florida, United States

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