TA-65 and Aging Associated Microvascular Dysfunction

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorMedical College of Wisconsin

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether activation of telomerase with a dietary supplement (TA-65) improves microvascular function.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Healthy Adults 18 - 35 and 65+ years of age

Subjects with clinical diagnosis of CAD

Disqualifiers

36-64 years of age without clinical diagnosis of CAD

Self-reported habitual vigorous exercise (>20 min, 3 times per week, 1 yr)

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event (MACE) in the last year (heart attack, stroke)

Heart Failure

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • TA-65

    Dietary supplement

    TA-65 is a purified small molecule extracted from Astragalus root

  • Placebo

    Other intervention

    Inactive formulation

Treatment groups

180 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: TA-65Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: PlaceboPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Nitric Oxide Mediated Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation via Laser Doppler Flowmetry Coupled with Intradermal Microdialysis

Cutaneous microvascular function measured via laser Doppler flowmetry coupled with intradermal microdialysis of non-specific nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, L-NAME

Time frame
28 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Systemic Blood Pressure

Brachial systolic, and diastolic blood pressure will be measured via standard brachial blood pressure cuff

Time frame
28 days

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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Medical College of Wisconsin

Lead sponsor

University of Louisville

Collaborator

Penn State University

Collaborator

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