Daily Egg Consumption and Cognitive Function in Older Adults

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Conditions studied: Cognition

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the effects of provisioning twelve eggs weekly, incorporated into breakfast meals, on composite scores of executive functioning and memory using the CNSVS computerized test platform in older adults in a randomized study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05460624

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

0

Starts

2023-02-10

Expected to finish

2023-02-10

Last updated by the study team

2023-02-28

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participant has autonomy over their food choices.
• Participant has the common appliances for storing refrigerated and frozen foods (i.e., refrigerator and freezer).
• Participant has common appliances to defrost/prepare foods (e.g., microwave oven, oven, stove, etc.).
• Participant has sufficient corrected visual acuity to read simple instructions on a computer/laptop screen
• Participant has a CNSVS standard (age-matched) score of 85-105 (inclusive) for either the domain composite memory (raw score is the sum of verbal memory score and visual memory score) or the domain executive function, and 80-110 for the other.
• Participant has no plans to change their routine (physical activity pattern, dietary habits, sleep pattern, smoking habits) during the study period unless advised as part of study participation.
• Participant is willing to follow screening/assessment visit instructions.
• Participant is willing to consume the study foods as provided at the breakfast meals during the study period.
• Participant is willing and able to visit IUB campus on specified in-person visit days.
• Participant understands the study procedures and signs the informed consent to participate in the study and is willing to complete study procedures.

You may not qualify if…

• Participant is not fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
• Participant reports habitually consuming greater than 5.5 eggs per week.
• Participant has sensitivity, allergy, taste aversion, or other aversion (e.g., vegan) to any ingredient of the study food.
• Participant has substantial dietary restrictions (e.g., chronic kidney disease or familial hypercholesterolemia diet) that, based on the judgment of the Principal Investigator, would interfere with the intervention.
• Participant has an established diagnosis of or is under treatment for dementia or ADHD. Anxiety or depression are not exclusionary.
• Participant is under active chemotherapy treatment.
• Participant is participating in a parallel research study that, based on the judgment of the Principal Investigator, would interfere with his or her ability to comply with the study protocol, or which might confound the interpretation of the study results.
• Participant is not able to read.
• Participant reports current use of cognitive enhancing medications, attention/concentration enhancing medications, anticonvulsant medications, and mood stabilizing medications.
• Participant has a condition that, based on the judgment of the Principal Investigator, would interfere with his or her ability to provide informed consent or comply with the study protocol, or which might confound the interpretation of the study results or put the person at undue risk.

Where it is running

• Indiana University-Bloomington — Bloomington, Indiana, United States

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