Macronutrient Effects on Alzheimer's Disease (MEAL-2)
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Official title
Macronutrient Effects on Alzheimer's Disease: HTN and IR (Hypertension and Insulin Resistance) (MEAL-2)
Brief summary
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This study compares the effects of a one-month diet high in saturated fat (SF), glycemic index (GI), and salt (Na+) to a diet low in these nutritional parameters on memory and other cognitive functions, on MRI measures of brain structure, function, and perfusion, as well as on blood and cerebrospinal fluid levels of amyloid-beta (Aβ), insulin, lipids (total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, oxidized LDL, and triglycerides), cytokines, apolipoprotein E (ApoE), apolipoprotein J, cortisol, soluble low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (sLRP), and glucose in middle-aged adults (45-65 years of age) with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02463084
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 60 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 45 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2013
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2016
- Completion
- May 31, 2016
- Last update posted
- Aug 8, 2018
2013 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Forest Baptist Health | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157 | — |
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- Last update posted Aug 8, 2018 · Synced Sep 17, 2026
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