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

Brief summary (registry, in English)

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.

What you commit to

• Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
• Participants enrolled: 81
• From 24 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 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 the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

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