Can Fish Oil and Phytochemical Supplements Mimic Anti-Aging Effects of Calorie Restriction?

NCT01752868 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2012-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a combination of 10 nutritional supplements provide health benefits that are consistent with protection against age-related disease. All supplements have been shown in previous studies to have health benefits when administered alone. The hypothesis is that 6 months of taking 10 nutritional supplements each day will provide beneficial changes in healthy related measures.

Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteers

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Supplement

Participants in this group will take the following nutritional supplements on a daily basis: curcumin, fish oil, resveratrol, sesamin, Acetyl-L-carnitine, lipoic acid, green and black teas, quercetin, pomegranate, cinnamon bark.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01752868 on ClinicalTrials.gov