Oral Curcumin Supplementation in Middle-Aged and Older Adults Improves Vascular Function

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Vascular Aging

In brief

The proposed study will assess the ability of curcumin, the active ingredient in the Indian spice tumeric, to improve the function of arteries with age. Overall, the proposed research project has the long-term potential to influence clinical practice guidelines by establishing a novel, easy to deliver, cost-effective therapy for treating age-associated arterial dysfunction and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease with age.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01968564

Run by

University of Colorado, Boulder

People needed

118

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-20

Who can join

Age: 45 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• women must be postmenopausal
• body mass index (BMI) <40 kg/m2
• weight stable in the prior 3 months
• absence of clinical disease as determined by medical history, physical examination, blood and urine chemistries, ankle-brachial index, and a graded exercise stress test with monitoring of blood pressure and 12-lead ECG

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Boulder, Clinical Translational Research Center — Boulder, Colorado, United States

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