Therapeutic fasting to study immune aging in older adults
Part of Immune system & allergy clinical trials.
This trial tests whether a medically guided fasting-style diet can affect “immune aging” (how well the immune system works) in older people living in long-term care. It may help researchers learn if this approach can improve immune health, but it requires careful diet follow-through and health screening.
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Who can take part
- Live in a long-term care unit or elderly dependent care facility (LTCU/EHPAD)
- Be able and willing to follow the study’s dietary plan and attend required checkups
- Have signed consent after learning about the study
- Not have major inability or unwillingness to follow diet or follow-up visits
- You should not have recent significant weight loss or being underweight
- You should not have certain health conditions that make fasting unsafe (like severe diabetes needing insulin, severe heart/kidney disease, active cancer, severe undernutrition, or swallowing problems needing a special diet)
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