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Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title: Open Label, Randomized Study of the Impact of Diet on Gut Microbiota, Inflammageing and Oxidative Stress in Elderly People. Potential Benefits of Dietary Advices Alone or Associated to Nutraceutical Food Supplements Argan Oil, VSL#3 Probiotic Blend, 5203-L Fruit Extract Terpene. German Part of a Multicentric European Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Ageing of the population is a major event in the world. Gerontological/geriatric literature unanimously indicate that physical exercise and diet are at present the two available fundamental approaches to contrast/prevent most of the age associated alterations. In the elderly the inflammageing, the oxidative stress and the alteration of the intestinal microbiota can be influenced by nutritional status and possibly corrected by an appropriate dietetic intervention:

Nowadays the nutraceutical food supplements become an opportunity for the consumer to improve the quality of individual diet for specific needs

Clinical Trial Description

Ageing of the population is a major event in the world. Gerontological/geriatric literature unanimously indicate that physical exercise and diet are at present the two available fundamental approaches to contrast/prevent most of the age associated alterations. In the elderly the inflammageing, the oxidative stress and the alteration of the intestinal microbiota can be influenced by nutritional status and possibly corrected by an appropriate dietetic intervention:

Nowadays the nutraceutical food supplements become an opportunity for the consumer to improve the quality of individual diet for specific needs ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aged
• Healthy

• NCT number: NCT01179789
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• Start date: October 2009
• Completion date: June 2011