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Trial of Pistachio Consumption in Older Adults

NCT06992544 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 97

Last updated 2026-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate whether a pistachio-enriched diet leads to changes in cognitive function, cardiometabolic risk factors, and life satisfaction in older adults over a 6-month period.

Conditions

  • Cognition
  • Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
  • Life Satisfaction

Interventions

OTHER

Pistachio-enriched diet

1 packet/day of approximately 1.25 oz (35 g) of dry roasted, unsalted, shelled pistachio kernels

OTHER

Usual diet

Usual diet (while abstaining from pistachio consumption and limiting other nut consumption to ≤1 serving/week)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Pistachio Growers

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    collaborator OTHER

  • Quest Diagnostics-Nichols Insitute

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-28
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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