Remote Evaluation of MIND Diet
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-64
SponsorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if increasing adherence to a Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet pattern improves thinking ability and memory compared to a healthy control diet in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The main question it aims to answer is:
Does the MIND diet improve cognitive performance relative to a control diet in persons with MS?
Participants will:
Consume one meal that follows the MIND diet or a control meal every day for 3 months, complete online surveys and cognitive testing before and after, and keep a record of the food they eat during the study.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Individuals aged 18-64 years old
Self-reported diagnosis of Multiple sclerosis (MS)
20/20 or corrected vision
No other neurodegenerative disease diagnosis
Disqualifiers
Individuals younger than 18 or older than 64 years old
No self-reported diagnosis of Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Not 20/20 or uncorrected vision
Other neurodegenerative disease diagnosis
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
MIND Diet
Other interventionDaily meals designed to increase adherence to the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) dietary pattern.
Control Diet
Other interventionDaily meals designed to increase fruit, vegetable, and whole grain intake consistent with a healthy American diet.
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: MIND DietExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control DietActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Information Processing
Rapid Visual Information Processing Task from CANTAB online battery
Time frame
12 weeks (Baseline vs. Follow Up)2
Visual Processing
Match to Sample Visual Search from CANTAB online battery
Time frame
12 weeks (Baseline vs. Follow Up)3
Processing Speed
Digit Span from CANTAB online battery
Time frame
12 weeks (Baseline vs. Follow Up)4
Learning
Paired Associates Learning Task from CANTAB online battery
Time frame
12 weeks (Baseline vs. Follow Up)Secondary outcomes
1
Recruitment Rates
Measure the number of participants contacted and interested in participating in the study
Time frame
Throughout the recruitment process2
Refusal Rates
Measure the number of participants that refused to participate in the intervention. Data on refusal factors will be collected through emails and calls and summarized.
Time frame
Throughout the recruitment process.3
Retention rates
Retention will be described as the proportion of enrolled participants who complete the intervention
Time frame
Throughout the intervention (weeks 1-12)4
Attrition rates
Attrition is the proportion of the participants who did not complete the intervention.
Time frame
Throughout the intervention (weeks 1-12)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov