Management of Frailty in Older Adults With Turmeric and Tulsi Supplements
Clinical Evaluation of Turmeric and Tulsi Polyherbal Formulation in the Management of Frailty in Elderly Population: An Open Label Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
50
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of turmeric and tulsi polyherbal formulation in the management of frailty in the elderly population.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Jul 2018
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 2, 2017
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 7, 2017
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2018
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 30, 2018
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 30, 2018
CompletedApril 11, 2018
April 1, 2018
29 days
December 2, 2017
April 10, 2018
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Frailty Score
To assess a change in frailty score from baseline in 3 months between two groups
3 months
Secondary Outcomes (4)
C reactive protein
3 months
Frequency of falls
3 months
Health service utilization
3 months
Mortality
3 months
Study Arms (2)
Intervention Group
EXPERIMENTALParticipants will receive turmeric and tulsi capsule with milk(100 ml) along with standard of care treatment as determined by research physician...Each participants has to take two capsules of turmeric formula and tulsi twice daily for the study period of 3 months
Standard Care Group
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants will only receive the standard of care treatment as determined by research physician
Interventions
Polyherbal formulation along with standard of care
Usual standard of care for consist of exercise, caloric and protein support, vitamin D, reduction of polypharmacy along with medical management of health condition, assessment of care needs and provision of care. These will be determined on case by case basis by research clinician.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Subjects above the age of 65 years, providing written informed consent.
- Meeting three or more Cardiovascular health study frailty criteria
- Mild or no cognitive impairment (defined as a Mini-Mental State Examination score \>23),
- Able to walk without personal assistance and no other physical limitations that can limit participation and adherence, particularly to exercise intervention program
You may not qualify if:
- People will be ineligible to participate in the trial if they:
- Live in a residential aged care facility
- Severe audio-visual impairment
- Progressive, degenerative neurologic disease like Parkinsonism, fits/ epilepsy, etc.
- Rapidly progressive or terminal illness under palliative care with life expectancy less than 12 months
- History of alcohol abuse or any other substance abuse
- Severely affect muscle/joint dysfunction resulting in disability
- Hospital admission in the past 3 months
- Regular physical training or physiotherapy or current participation in a vigorous exercise or weight-training program more than once per week
- Undergoing therapeutic diet incompatible with nutritional supplementation
- In the opinion of research clinician, the intervention is deemed to be potentially hazardous for the subject, such as serious cardiac and pulmonary disease.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560099, India
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Sanjaya Chauhan
Composite Interceptive Med Science
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr. Alben Sigamani
Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Masking Details
- open label study
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 2, 2017
First Posted
December 7, 2017
Study Start
July 1, 2018
Primary Completion
July 30, 2018
Study Completion
July 30, 2018
Last Updated
April 11, 2018
Record last verified: 2018-04