No phaseCompletedGeroscience intervention
Walnuts and Healthy Aging (WAHA)
Effect of Daily Ingestion of Walnuts for 2 Years on Age-related Cognitive Decline and Macular Degeneration in Healthy Elderly Subjects: A Randomized, Single Blind, Dual Center, Controlled Trial
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University (Academic or other)
- Enrolment
- 708 enrolled
- Conditions
- Age Related Cognitive Decline; Age Related Macular Degeneration
- Interventions
- Walnuts; habitual diet
- Ages
- adults, older adults
- Registry
- NCT01634841
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
From the registry
This will be a systematic investigation of the role of walnuts in preventing or slowing age related cognitive decline and age related macular degeneration. 700 subjects will be recruited between 2 sites, Loma Linda University in California, USA and Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, Spain. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the walnut group or the control group for a 2 year intervention. Baseline and annual data will be collected and analyzed.
Primary outcomes
- Changes from baseline in global cognitive composite score
- Changes from baseline in macular degeneration
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