European Project on Nutrition in Elderly People

NCT01754012 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 266486
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,190
• Locations: 5 countries
• Sites: 5

Brief Summary

NU-AGE is a large multidisciplinary consortium (31 partners, from 17 EU countries) involving nutritionists, bio-gerontologists, immunologists and molecular biologists from the most prestigious institutions in Europe, 5 large food industries, 8 traditional food companies and 1 biotech SME, SPES GEIE and CIAA, covering the SME Food Industrial Associations of 13 European countries and the European Confederation the food and drink industry. NU-AGE aims are: 1. to counteract the physical/cognitive decline occurring in the elderly as a consequence of the progressive alteration of different organs/systems (immune and cardiovascular systems, bone, brain, muscle and intestine) by one year elderly-tailored whole diet intervention on 1250 healthy elderly men and women aged 65-79 years (half diet, half control) from 5 different EU regions; 2. to assess the effect of the newly designed food pyramid specific for 65+ EU citizens on the different organs/systems using a large set of biomarkers related to nutrition and aging, with particular attention to the low grade, chronic, systemic inflammatory status named inflammageing, a major risk factor for common age-related diseases; 3. to perform in a subgroup of 120 subjects in depth studies and high throughput "omics" to identify cellular/molecular targets/mechanisms responsible for whole diet effect; 4. to perform genetic and epigenetic studies to assess the role of individual variability on the response to diet; 5. to adopt an integrative comprehensive approach (systems biology) to analyze the whole set of data. The results of dietary intervention will be used to develop elderly-tailored prototypes of functional foods and to improve traditional foods. The research activity will be accompanied and followed by a strong activity of dissemination and industrial exploitation to support EU strategies on nutritional recommendations, thus contributing to the implementation of legislation related to nutritional and health claims for elderly in Europe.

Conditions

Aging

Keywords

Nutrition; Dietary intervention; Aging; Inflammation; Elderly; Europe

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Inflammatory Response

  Reduction of inflammatory markers after one-year of NU-AGE dietary intervention in elderly. Measures of inflammatory status and immune health will be evaluated on plasma: C-reactive protein (hsCRP) IL-1Beta, IL-12, INF gamma, IL-6, sIL-6R, IL-1RA, TNFalpha, IL-17, IL-8, IL-10, TGF-beta1, positivity for HCMV.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (15)

• Cognitive Status

  1 year

• Cardiovascular Health Status

  1 year

• Insulin sensitivity

  1 year

• Liver Function Status

  1 year

• Hormonal Status

  1 year

Other Outcomes (3)

• Habitual Diet

  4 months

• Genetic profiling

  Time 0

• General Health information

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Dietary Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will follow for a year the NU-AGE whole diet approach elderly-specific and will be supplemented with 10micrograms per day of Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) from MCOHealth.

Dietary Supplement: Dietary Intervention

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

This group will follow the habitual diet.

Interventions

Dietary Intervention DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

nutrient-rich diet and 10micrograms per day of Vitamin D (cholecalciferol) supplement from MCOHealth

Also known as: NU-AGE diet, NU-AGE whole diet approach

Dietary Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 79 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years old.
• Free of clinically diagnosed overt disease for at least 2 years.
• Free-living, independent.

You may not qualify if:

• \<65 or \> 79 years old.
• Overt disease such as aggressive cancer or dementia.
• Unstable organ failure or organ failure necessitating a special diet.
• Heart failure.
• Renal failure.
• Respiratory failure.
• Liver failure.
• Type 1 diabetes mellitus.
• Chronic use of corticosteroids.
• Recent (previous 2 months) use of antibiotics.
• Recent (previous 3 months) change to habitual medication (e.g statins and thyroxine) use
• Presence of food allergy/intolerance or disease necessitating a special diet.
• Malnutrition, as diagnosed by body mass index \< 18.5 kg/m2.
• Body weight loss of \>10% BW within 6 months.
• Presence of frailty (as assessed by the presence of at least three out of five criteria according to Fried et al., 2001: unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness (grip strength), slow walking speed, and low physical activity).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bologna: lead
• European Commission: collaborator

Study Sites (5)

Auvergne Research Center on Human Nutrition

Clermont-Ferrand, 63009, France

Location

University of Bologna-Department of Speciality, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine

Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy

Location

University of Wageningen-Division of Human Nutrition

Wageningen, 6703 HD, Netherlands

Location

Warsaw University of Life Science SGGW-WULS-Department of Human Nutrition

Warsaw, 02-776, Poland

Location

Department of Nurition-University of East Anglia

Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (15)

• Grootswagers P, Mensink M, Berendsen AAM, Deen CPJ, Kema IP, Bakker SJL, Santoro A, Franceschi C, Meunier N, Malpuech-Brugere C, Bialecka-Debek A, Rolf K, Fairweather-Tait S, Jennings A, Feskens EJM, de Groot LCPGM. Vitamin B-6 intake is related to physical performance in European older adults: results of the New Dietary Strategies Addressing the Specific Needs of the Elderly Population for Healthy Aging in Europe (NU-AGE) study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Apr 6;113(4):781-789. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa368.

  PMID: 33515034 DERIVED

• Jennings A, Tang J, Gillings R, Perfecto A, Dutton J, Speakman J, Fraser WD, Nicoletti C, Berendsen AAM, de Groot LCPGM, Pietruszka B, Jeruszka-Bielak M, Caumon E, Caille A, Ostan R, Franceschi C, Santoro A, Fairweather-Tait SJ. Changing from a Western to a Mediterranean-style diet does not affect iron or selenium status: results of the New Dietary Strategies Addressing the Specific Needs of the Elderly Population for Healthy Aging in Europe (NU-AGE) 1-year randomized clinical trial in elderly Europeans. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Jan 1;111(1):98-109. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqz243.

  PMID: 31559434 DERIVED

• Giampieri E, Ostan R, Guidarelli G, Salvioli S, Berendsen AAM, Brzozowska A, Pietruszka B, Jennings A, Meunier N, Caumon E, Fairweather-Tait S, Sicinska E, Feskens EJM, de Groot LCPGM, Franceschi C, Santoro A. A Novel Approach to Improve the Estimation of a Diet Adherence Considering Seasonality and Short Term Variability - The NU-AGE Mediterranean Diet Experience. Front Physiol. 2019 Mar 5;10:149. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00149. eCollection 2019.

  PMID: 30890946 DERIVED

• Pujos-Guillot E, Petera M, Jacquemin J, Centeno D, Lyan B, Montoliu I, Madej D, Pietruszka B, Fabbri C, Santoro A, Brzozowska A, Franceschi C, Comte B. Identification of Pre-frailty Sub-Phenotypes in Elderly Using Metabolomics. Front Physiol. 2019 Jan 24;9:1903. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01903. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30733683 DERIVED

• Jennings A, Berendsen AM, de Groot LCPGM, Feskens EJM, Brzozowska A, Sicinska E, Pietruszka B, Meunier N, Caumon E, Malpuech-Brugere C, Santoro A, Ostan R, Franceschi C, Gillings R, O' Neill CM, Fairweather-Tait SJ, Minihane AM, Cassidy A. Mediterranean-Style Diet Improves Systolic Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Older Adults. Hypertension. 2019 Mar;73(3):578-586. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.12259.

  PMID: 30636547 DERIVED

• Ostan R, Guidarelli G, Giampieri E, Lanzarini C, Berendsen AAM, Januszko O, Jennings A, Lyon N, Caumon E, Gillings R, Sicinska E, Meunier N, Feskens EJM, Pietruszka B, de Groot LCPGM, Fairweather-Tait S, Capri M, Franceschi C, Santoro A. Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Correlation Between Daily Nutrient Intake Assessed by 7-Day Food Records and Biomarkers of Dietary Intake Among Participants of the NU-AGE Study. Front Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;9:1359. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01359. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30327612 DERIVED

• Maijo M, Ivory K, Clements SJ, Dainty JR, Jennings A, Gillings R, Fairweather-Tait S, Gulisano M, Santoro A, Franceschi C, Carding SR, Nicoletti C. One-Year Consumption of a Mediterranean-Like Dietary Pattern With Vitamin D3 Supplements Induced Small Scale but Extensive Changes of Immune Cell Phenotype, Co-receptor Expression and Innate Immune Responses in Healthy Elderly Subjects: Results From the United Kingdom Arm of the NU-AGE Trial. Front Physiol. 2018 Jul 26;9:997. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00997. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30093866 DERIVED

• Jennings A, Cashman KD, Gillings R, Cassidy A, Tang J, Fraser W, Dowling KG, Hull GLJ, Berendsen AAM, de Groot LCPGM, Pietruszka B, Wierzbicka E, Ostan R, Bazzocchi A, Battista G, Caumon E, Meunier N, Malpuech-Brugere C, Franceschi C, Santoro A, Fairweather-Tait SJ. A Mediterranean-like dietary pattern with vitamin D3 (10 microg/d) supplements reduced the rate of bone loss in older Europeans with osteoporosis at baseline: results of a 1-y randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 Sep 1;108(3):633-640. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy122.

  PMID: 30007343 DERIVED

• Marseglia A, Xu W, Fratiglioni L, Fabbri C, Berendsen AAM, Bialecka-Debek A, Jennings A, Gillings R, Meunier N, Caumon E, Fairweather-Tait S, Pietruszka B, De Groot LCPGM, Santoro A, Franceschi C. Effect of the NU-AGE Diet on Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Physiol. 2018 Apr 4;9:349. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00349. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 29670545 DERIVED

• Fairweather-Tait SJ, Jennings A, Harvey LJ, Berry R, Walton J, Dainty JR. Modeling tool for calculating dietary iron bioavailability in iron-sufficient adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jun;105(6):1408-1414. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.147389. Epub 2017 Apr 5.

  PMID: 28381473 DERIVED

• Hooper L, Bunn DK, Abdelhamid A, Gillings R, Jennings A, Maas K, Millar S, Twomlow E, Hunter PR, Shepstone L, Potter JF, Fairweather-Tait SJ. Water-loss (intracellular) dehydration assessed using urinary tests: how well do they work? Diagnostic accuracy in older people. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jul;104(1):121-31. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.119925. Epub 2016 May 25.

  PMID: 27225436 DERIVED

• Hooper L, Abdelhamid A, Ali A, Bunn DK, Jennings A, John WG, Kerry S, Lindner G, Pfortmueller CA, Sjostrand F, Walsh NP, Fairweather-Tait SJ, Potter JF, Hunter PR, Shepstone L. Diagnostic accuracy of calculated serum osmolarity to predict dehydration in older people: adding value to pathology laboratory reports. BMJ Open. 2015 Oct 21;5(10):e008846. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008846.

  PMID: 26490100 DERIVED

• Berendsen A, Santoro A, Pini E, Cevenini E, Ostan R, Pietruszka B, Rolf K, Cano N, Caille A, Lyon-Belgy N, Fairweather-Tait S, Feskens E, Franceschi C, de Groot CP. Reprint of: A parallel randomized trial on the effect of a healthful diet on inflammageing and its consequences in European elderly people: design of the NU-AGE dietary intervention study. Mech Ageing Dev. 2014 Mar-Apr;136-137:14-21. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2014.03.001. Epub 2014 Mar 20.

  PMID: 24657127 DERIVED

• Hooper L, Bunn D, Jimoh FO, Fairweather-Tait SJ. Water-loss dehydration and aging. Mech Ageing Dev. 2014 Mar-Apr;136-137:50-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2013.11.009. Epub 2013 Dec 9.

  PMID: 24333321 DERIVED

• Fairweather-Tait SJ, Wawer AA, Gillings R, Jennings A, Myint PK. Iron status in the elderly. Mech Ageing Dev. 2014 Mar-Apr;136-137:22-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2013.11.005. Epub 2013 Nov 22.

  PMID: 24275120 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Inflammation

Interventions

Diet Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Therapy; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Claudio Franceschi, MD

  University of Bologna

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 9, 2012
• First Posted: December 21, 2012
• Study Start: April 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2015
• Study Completion: January 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-02

Locations

FR (1); NL (1); GB (1); IT (1); PL (1)