Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of the Consumption of a Fermented Dairy Drink on the Immune Function
Lead Sponsor:
Danone Global Research & Innovation Center
Conditions:
Healthy Free-living Elderly
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the regular consumption of the active product enhances the immune function, in comparison to the control product.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy free-living both gender elderly aged from 65 to 80 years old on the day of inclusion
- Able to comply with all the trial procedures
- Having given written consent to take part in the study prior to participation.
- Body mass index (BMI): 18,5 \< BMI \< 30 kg/m².
Exclusion
- Contra-indication to any of the products and procedures used for the study purpose
- Participation in another clinical trial
- People currently institutionalised
- Immunocompromised conditions or other conditions that may impact the immune response or the product effect
- Subjects suffering from a not stabilized chronic disease
- Subjects suffering from a sever acute or chronic disease
- Subjects suffering from a condition which is at a stage where it might prevent him/her from being able or willing to comply with the study procedures or completion
- Subject known to be deprived of freedom by an administrative or court order, or in an emergency setting, or hospitalized involuntarily.
- Subject identified as employees of the Investigator or study centre, with direct involvement in the proposed study or other studies under the direction of that Investigator or study centre, as well as family members (i.e., immediate, husband, wife and their children, adopted or natural) of the centre's employees or the Investigator.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
550 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01521182
Start Date
September 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
September 20 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Faculty of Medicine, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute - University of Antwerp
Wilrijk - Antwerp, Belgium, B-2610