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Dietary Ketosis for Memory Loss and MCI

Start: October 15, 2017
End: September 2018
Enrollment: 80

What Is This Study About?

The study will explore the effect of dietary ketosis (a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet also known as the ketogenic diet) on adults with early-stage memory loss and metabolic syndrome.

Do I Qualify To Participate in This Study?

Minimum Age: 35 Years

Maximum Age: 80 Years

Must have:

  • At least 2 of the following: type 2 diabetes, body mass index over 30, hemoglobin A1c level over 5.7, waist to height ratio more than .6, fasting glucose level higher than 125
  • Subjective memory complaints
  • Diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment

Must NOT have:

  • Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, another dementia, or Parkinson's disease

If I Qualify, Who Do I Contact?

Contact study personnel listed either under the general study contact or the location nearest you.

Need Help?

Contact NIA’s Alzheimer’s and related Dementias Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center at 800-438-4380 or email ADEAR.

Where Is This Study Located?

Who Sponsors This Study?

Lead: Bristlecone Health Inc.

Collaborator Sponsor

  • University of Minnesota - Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03319173

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