Lifestyle makeover may keep seniors on their feet
NCT ID NCT02082171
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tested a personalized program combining physical activity, cognitive training, and nutritional advice in 210 older adults who were frail or pre-frail. The goal was to see if this multidomain approach could prevent mobility disability, measured by the ability to walk 400 meters. The results will help design a larger, definitive trial.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Multidomain lifestyle intervention (physical activity, cognitive training, nutritional modifications)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward an effective way to prevent older adults from losing their ability to walk and stay independent.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 210 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is complex and may be hard to stick with long-term.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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210 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2013
- Finished
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Jan 2016
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age of 60 years and older; * Willingness to be randomized to either treatment group; * Pre-frailty or frailty status according to the phenotype described by Fried and colleagues Exclusion Criteria: * Failure to provide informed consent; * Inability to complete a 400-meter walk test (primary outcome of the study); * Living in nursing home; * Living outside of the area of interest, or planning to move out of the area in next 3 years, or planning to leave the area for more than 3 months during the next year; * Relevant cognitive impairment (defined as a known diagnosis of dementia); * Severe progressive, degenerative neurologic disease (e.g., multiple sclerosis); * Severe rheumatologic or orthopaedic diseases (e.g., awaiting joint replacement); * Terminal illness with life expectancy less than 12 months; * Severe pulmonary disease (e.g., oxygen therapy or chronic use of steroids); * Severe cardiac disease (e.g., New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure, clinically significant aortic stenosis, history of cardiac arrest, uncontrolled angina); * Other significant comorbid conditions that would impair the ability to participate in the multidomain intervention (e.g., renal failure on hemodialysis, severe psychiatric disorder, excessive alcohol use). To be noted: persons with depression will not be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle "La Roseraie"
Montfaucon, 46240, France
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