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Olives for a Healthy Lifestyle

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Led By Tassos Kyriakides, PhD
Research Sponsored by Yale University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Male or female, age 18 on the day of consent
Be between 18 and 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to week 5
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if adding olives to your diet has health benefits for young adults by measuring different blood factors.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for Yale College Freshmen, Sophomores, or Juniors aged 18+, willing to eat 6 olives daily and participate in all study procedures. Excluded are those who already consume lots of olives or olive oil, have allergies to olives, issues with blood draws, are pregnant, or seniors.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study tests if eating table olives daily can benefit the health of young adults. It measures changes in cardiovascular and metabolic biomarkers from blood samples before and after a period of five weeks of olive consumption.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves consuming table olives which are generally considered safe as part of a diet, no significant side effects are expected. However, individuals with known allergies to olives should not participate.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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I am 18 years old or older.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to week 5
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to week 5 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Change From Baseline in Mean LDL at Week 5
Compliance/adherence to daily intervention
Secondary outcome measures
Change From Baseline in Mean CRP at Week 5
Change From Baseline in Mean HDL at Week 5
Change From Baseline in Mean HbA1c at Week 5
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: InvestigationalExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Yale Dining menu + 6 olives daily
Group II: StandardActive Control1 Intervention
Yale Dining menu only
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Olives
2006
Completed Phase 1
~50

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Yale UniversityLead Sponsor
1,847 Previous Clinical Trials
2,736,302 Total Patients Enrolled
2 Trials studying Healthy Eating
245 Patients Enrolled for Healthy Eating
Tassos Kyriakides, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorYale University

Media Library

Olives (N/A) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05218980 — N/A
Healthy Eating Research Study Groups: Standard, Investigational
Healthy Eating Clinical Trial 2023: Olives Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05218980 — N/A
Olives (N/A) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05218980 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

What are the primary goals that this trial aims to achieve?

"This clinical trial is set to monitor patient compliance and adherence over a period of 5 weeks. Additionally, the primary objectives include evaluating mean changes in HbA1c, LDL/HDL ratio, and HDL from baseline at week five through blood draws for both study groups with lower means being considered positive outcomes."

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Is the upper age limit for this analysis above or below 70 years of age?

"This experimental therapy requires patient participants to be between 18 and 23 years of age. Separately, there are also 23 trials specifically for those under 18, as well as 67 clinical studies that involve the elderly population aged 65 or older."

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Could I gain admittance to this experiment?

"This study is enlisting 226 participants aged between 18 and 23 who possess a balanced diet. To be eligible, all potential subjects must meet the following criteria: currently enrolled in Yale University as a Freshman, Sophomore or Junior; willingness to sign informed consent; commitment to comply with all protocols of the trial and remain available for its duration; male/female over 18 years old at time of signing consent; ability and inclination to consume 6 olives per day."

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Is there availability for participants in this clinical experiment?

"Per information from clinicaltrials.gov, this research trial is not presently accepting new enrollees. This study was first made public on the 1st of August 2022 and underwent its most recent update on May 11th, 2022. Although no longer recruiting patients for this investigation, there are 111 other trials that participants can join at present."

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Who else is applying?

What site did they apply to?
Yale University
What portion of applicants met pre-screening criteria?
Met criteria

Why did patients apply to this trial?

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Health-related Benefits of Introducing Table Olives Into the Diet of Young Adults: Olives For Health
2024. "Health-related Benefits of Introducing Table Olives Into the Diet of Young Adults: Olives For Health". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05218980.
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