What this means
This is a planned study that has not started and has no results yet. It will compare plant-based and animal-based diets over 3 months on muscle strength.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Opening soon
- Who can join
- Ages 65 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Plant-based Diet in Older People: What Consequences for Muscle Health?
- Trial ID
- NCT07681986 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Aging
- What is tested
- Plant-enriched dietary intervention, Control diet
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
- Ages
- 65 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Jul 2, 2026 · updated Jul 2, 2026
Registry summary
This randomized, controlled, two-arm clinical study aims to determine how increasing the proportion of plant-based foods in the diet affects skeletal muscle strength, mass and function, protein metabolism, microbiota and key metabolic markers in healthy older men and women. We hypothesize that diets enriched with animal-based foods will maintain maximal quadriceps strength-the primary outcome of the study-more effectively after the 3-month nutritional intervention than plant-based diets. Proteomic analyses will be performed to identify molecular mechanisms and potential muscle biomarkers reflecting metabolic adaptations of skeletal muscle to plant-enriched diets. In addition, metabolic health markers and micronutrient status will be evaluated to better understand the overall health effects of dietary plant-based transition in older adults.
Sites (1)
- CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France