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The Effect of an Oral Nutritional Supplement on the Nutritional and Health Outcomes of the Elderly

NCT06773975 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2026-04-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

I am conducting this research to find out if a peanut based food that is ready to use would improve the nutritional and health outcomes of the elderly when they consume it daily for 12 weeks. Eligible participants will be assigned randomly to any of these 2 groups.

1. To consume the food once a day in between meals in addition to their usual food for 12 weeks (3 months) or
2. A control group that will not be given the food. Measurements such as weight, blood pressure and the hand grip strength will be taken at the certain points of the study. A sterile needle will be used to draw about 5 ml of venous blood (from the arm) at the beginning of the study and after 12 weeks. Analyses would be carried out on the blood to know if the food has made an impact on serum albumin, ferritin, haemoglobin and cholesterol. If the findings of the study are favourable, it would provide insights for a larger randomized controlled trial that could establish the efficacy of a locally produced peanut based food for the feeding of the elderly.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Oral nutritional supplementation

The oral nutritional supplement is a locally made plant based formulation targeted to improve the nutritional status of the elderly

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ghana

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gloria E. Otoo, PhD in Nutrition · University of Ghana

  • Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, PhD in Nutrition · University of Ghana

  • Jolene Nyako, PhD in Nutrition · Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Food Research Institute, Accra-Ghana

  • Firibu K. Saalia, PhD in Food Science · University of Ghana

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-24
Primary Completion
2026-04-01
Completion
2026-04-01

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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