What this means
A study plan says researchers will test whether fasting affects immune aging. No results have been posted, so we do not yet know what it found.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 5 sites
The science
- Registered title
- Therapeutic Fasting and Immune Aging
- Trial ID
- NCT05857241 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Fasting, Diet, Healthy
- What is tested
- Fasting mimicking diet (FMD)
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted May 12, 2023 · updated Apr 8, 2025
Registry summary
Immunosenescence is the age-related decline of the immune system, involving a state of chronic inflammation and a decrease in the diversity/adaptability of the lymphocyte repertoire. The consequences of immunosenescence are multiple, including increased susceptibility to infections and poorer vaccine responses.
Sites (5)
- EHPAD Claudinon, Le Chambon-Feugerolles, France
- EHPAD Les Cèdres Malataverne, Malataverne, France
- CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
- EHPAD de la Talaudière, la Rivière, la Croix de l'Horme, Saint-Etienne, France
- EHPAD La M.R.L, Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, France