Status:
COMPLETED
Immune Benefits of WGP in Elderly
Lead Sponsor:
Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Conditions:
Elderly People
Eligibility:
All Genders
70+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this research is to assess the immune enhancing property of food fibers in the elderly population.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female elderly volunteers equal or above age of 70
- Pre-frail and frail subjects (based on Fried's criteria)
- Willing to be vaccinated against influenza and having no contraindication to receive influenza vaccination
- Having obtained his/her (or his/her legal representative's) informed consent
Exclusion
- Subject with a rapidly deteriorating health status (terminal, severe, or uncontrolled acute/chronic diseases)
- Allergy to eggs or influenza vaccine components.
- Subject who has received any vaccination in the last 3 months or has previously been vaccinated with the current seasonal influenza vaccine.
- Subject who is currently taking, or has taken in the last 4 weeks, or will take immune modulating medication during the study, including steroid, immune suppressive treatment.
- Subject who has taken antibiotics in the last 2 months prior to entering the study.
- Subject who is consuming regularly prebiotic and/or probiotic supplements, yogurts, and/or other dietary supplements.
- Personal or family history of Guillain-Barre syndrome
- BMI\>35 kg/m2
- Subject who has received blood transfusion or had a blood donation during the last 4 weeks prior to the beginning of this study.
- Subject who cannot be expected to comply with the study procedures
- Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial during the last 4 weeks prior to the beginning of this study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02262091
Start Date
August 1 2014
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
April 10 2015
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Leiter des Geriatrischen Zentrums Oldenburg (GZO)
Oldenburg, Germany, 26133