NCT05021211Completed
Whole Egg Intake and Choline Concentration in the Aging Brain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Aug 2024
Brief summary (registry, in English)
By doing this study, researchers hope to learn to see if there is relationship between whole egg consumption and brain choline status. Additionally, researchers also plan to see if there is a relationship between brain choline status and cognition.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- First submitted
- 19 Aug 2021
- Start date
- 1 Jun 2021
- Primary completion date
- 1 Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT05021211
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 60
- From 1 Jun 2021 to the primary completion date, 1 Apr 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Prior major head trauma with loss of consciousness
- Use of psychoactive and investigational medications
- Use of hormone replacement therapy
Other illness
- Presence of central neurological disease (e.g., brain tumor, stroke, epilepsy, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's)
- Presence of active unstable and life-threatening illness (e.g., cancer)
- Presence of major psychiatric disorder within the past 3 years including depression, anxiety, and alcohol (over 3 drinks per day or total of 18 per week) or drug abuse (DSM-IV criteria; Geriatric Depression Score \> 6)
- Presence of diabetes mellitus or use of anti-diabetic agents
Other
- Tobacco smokers
- Subjects with MRI contraindications
Who the study is looking for
- Aged between 60 - 85 years of age
- Good general health with no concomitant diseases
- Cognitively normal as defined as Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score ≥ 25
- BMI range: 20 - 40 kg/m2
Age in the registry: 60 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
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