Potential Benefits of Dietary Advices Alone or Associated to Nutraceutical Food Supplements Argan Oil, VSL#3 Probiotic Blend, 5203-L Fruit Extract Terpene

NCT01069445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2011-06-01

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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 This study will focus on the development of a specific dietary approach through an E-Health dietary service, associated or not to nutraceutical food supplements intake, to modulate the oxidative stress, inflammageing and gut microflora in the elderly people.

Conditions

  • Healthy Elderly People

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

VSL#3® probiotic blend

Product should be administrated orally, 2 capsules b.i.d. on an empty stomach (at least 30 min. before lunch and dinner) with a glass of water

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

AISA-5203-L fruit extracted terpene

Product should be administrated orally, the dosage depending from the body weight of the subject enrolled in the study as already stated : 1-2 pills three times a day with a meal and a large glass of water

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Argan oil

Product should be administrated orally, 25 ml once daily or during the day with a meal (bread, salad …) and a large glass of water

BEHAVIORAL

Optimal Diet

a dietician will train each subject (or the caregiver) to use the personalized diet on web platform.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Bordeaux

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Isabelle BOURDEL-MARCHASSON, Professor · University Hospital, Bordeaux

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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