NCT06697626Active, not recruiting
Validation of a Novel Functional Food Designed to Meet the Nutritional Needs of People Living With Parkinson's Disease
Food4PD: Validation of a Novel Functional Food Designed to Meet the Nutritional Needs of People Living With Parkinson's
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Constipation is a common complication and non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) and affects up to 80% of people with PD. It is in fact within the non-motor symptoms that nutrition and dietetic intervention could have the greatest impact. Research suggests that increasing the amount of fibre in the diet could help to alleviate the effects of constipation. Inulin is a type of fibre widely found in a variety of vegetables, and recent studies have shown that inulin can improve constipation in people with PD. With the assistance of a food company, the investigators have developed a functional drink, enriched with chicory inulin and other key nutrients, including B-vitamins and vitamin D (which are suggested within the literature to be beneficial in PD). Therefore, the investigators plan to conduct a 12-week feasibility study to test the effect of this novel functional drink on gut health outcomes, nutritional status, and overall quality of life in people living with PD.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 37 (actual)
- First submitted
- 15 Nov 2024
- Start date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Primary completion date
- 17 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Ulster
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT06697626
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 37
- From 14 Nov 2024 to the primary completion date, 17 Apr 2026
- 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
- Currently taking antibiotics
Other illness
- Drug, infection or toxin induced parkinsonism
- Individuals with diabetes
- An allergy to any of the ingredients in the functional and/or control drinks
Other
- Individuals with PD living in institutional care or in hospital
- B12 injection users
- Using supplements containing the nutrients of interest (B-vitamins, inulin, probiotics)
- Any other medical, cognitive or psychosocial issue, or co-enrolment in another study, that could interfere or disrupt adherence to the study requirements
- Consuming a fermented food and/or probiotic yogurts on a daily basis
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosis of Parkinson Disease (PD)
- Aged ≥18 years
- Individuals with the capacity to provide informed consent
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Intervention Studies Unit, Ulster University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Coleraine | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
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