Dietary Wild Blueberries and Joint Health

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Gut -Microbiota, Inflammation Biomarkers, Pain Assessment, Joint Pain

In brief

The goal of this proposed study is to examine the effects of dietary wild blueberries on gut microbiome, serum markers of inflammation, and joint function in adults. Each participant will consume 25g freeze-dried blueberries or matched placebo powder for 12 weeks, with a 2-week washout phase between.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06828159

Run by

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

People needed

50

Starts

2025-09-01

Expected to finish

2028-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-05

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults with documented multi-joint/knee arthritis

You may not qualify if…

• inability to give informed consent
• pregnancy or lactation
• planned knee replacement surgery
• allergy or contraindication to berries
• recent trauma of the knee responsible of the symptomatic knee
• intra-articular injection in the target knee/hip in the last 3 months
• oral corticosteroid therapy ≥ 5 mg/day (prednisone equivalent) at baseline
• use of berry extracts in the last 3 months
• special diets
• cancer treatment
• bone diseases

Where it is running

• OMRF — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States (enrolling)

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