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Testing exercise plus a special supplement in frail adults aged 75 and older

Opening soon · Fundacion Miguel Servet

What this means

This is a planned study that has not started enrolling people yet. It will compare two supplements, with both groups doing the same home exercise program, and no results exist yet.

Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.

Status
Opening soon
Who can join
Ages 75 and over
Where
Not listed

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The science

Registered title
Effect of a Combined Exercise and Anti-Inflammatory Nutritional Intervention in Frail Older Adults
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
interventional
Conditions
Frail Elderly Syndrome, Malnutrition Elderly
What is tested
Anti-Inflammatory Supplement, Conventional Nutritional Supplement
Sponsor
Fundacion Miguel Servet
Ages
75 Years to no maximum
Dates
First posted Sep 19, 2025 · updated Sep 19, 2025

Registry summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a combined intervention of therapeutic exercise and anti-inflammatory nutritional supplementation improves physical performance and reduces systemic inflammation in frail, malnourished older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the addition of an anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement (Alisenoc™) to a multicomponent exercise program (Vivifrail) lead to greater improvements in physical performance compared to standard exercise and conventional nutritional support?

Does the combined intervention reduce levels of inflammatory biomarkers (e.g., IL-6, TNF-α, IL-8, GDF-15) in this population?

Are there measurable changes in body composition (e.g., muscle mass, fat mass, bone health) following the intervention?

Does the intervention impact clinical outcomes such as hospital readmissions, functional independence, or mortality over the following 12 months?

Researchers will compare two groups:

One group receiving the Vivifrail exercise program plus a daily dose of the anti-inflammatory nutritional supplement Alisenoc™.

Another group receiving the same Vivifrail program plus an isocaloric, protein-equivalent conventional supplement.

Participants will:

Be aged 75 years or older and identified as frail and malnourished according to Fried and GLIM criteria.

Undergo baseline evaluation including functional performance (SPPB), body composition via bioimpedance analysis, and blood sample collection for inflammatory biomarkers.

Be randomly assigned to one of the two intervention groups.

Follow a 12-week home-based multicomponent exercise program guided by educational materials and supervised remotely.

Consume the assigned oral nutritional supplement daily for the same 12-week period.

Return for outcome assessments at 12 weeks, and again at 6 and 12 months for long-term follow-up.

All study procedures will take place at the Hospital Universitario de Navarra (HUN), Spain. Participants will be recruited from outpatient geriatrics and nutrition clinics and assessed at a dedicated research unit with nursing support. The intervention is designed to be feasible, scalable, and representative of real-world multidisciplinary care in older populations with high vulnerability.

The study aims to provide evidence for an integrative, personalized approach to reversing frailty through combined physical and nutritional strategies targeting the biological basis of inflammaging.

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