Could a glass of Alcohol-Free wine boost your brain?
NCT ID NCT05541887
First seen Aug 10, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether polyphenols from muscadine wine, served as a non-alcoholic beverage, can improve cognitive performance, memory, mood, and anxiety in healthy adults over 50. Participants will drink either the polyphenol-rich beverage or a placebo and complete a series of brain and mood tests. Researchers will also measure blood markers related to stress, inflammation, and brain chemicals to understand how the polyphenols might work.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Dealcoholized muscadine wine polyphenols (a beverage with less than 0.5% alcohol)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a natural dietary approach to support brain health and emotional well-being in older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 25 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The effects could be modest, and the beverage is not a treatment for any disease.
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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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About 25 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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50 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Healthy * BMI (18.5-29.9) * Body weight ≥110 pounds Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Breast-feeding * Smokers * Diabetic * Heavy drinkers * Subjective but not clinically diagnosed cognitive impairment (Montreal cognitive assessment score \<26), * Inability to understand the cognitive function tasks * Intake of medication that might influence the outcome of the study (e.g. psychostimulant) * cannabis product user * Clinically diagnosed mental illnesses * Cardiovascular and neurological disorders * Uncontrolled hypertension
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Food Science and human nutrition department at University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States
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