New program aims to keep seniors strong and independent longer
NCT ID NCT06280586
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a program that combines diet advice, exercise, medication review, and social support to prevent frailty in older adults who are at risk. 232 people aged 70 and older took part. The goal was to see if this approach could help them stay stronger and more independent.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- multidisciplinary program (diet, exercise, medication review, social support)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical way to prevent frailty and help older adults maintain strength and independence.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 232 participants, but the intervention is complex and may be hard to replicate widely. Results may not apply to all older adults.
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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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232 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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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70 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Men or women 70 years of age or older at the time of recruitment * That they meet pre-frail phenotype criteria according to L. Fried's criteria * That they give their written informed consent to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe dementia (GDS\>3) * Other neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson's disease) * Neuromuscular diseases * Serious psychiatric illness that, at the doctor's discretion, prevents good compliance with the study intervention * Active cancer * Life expectancy of less than 6 months * Institutionalized patient * Unstable ischemic heart disease, uncontrolled arrhythmias, dissecting aortic aneurysm, severe aortic stenosis, uncontrolled arterial hypertension (\>180/100mmHg), or severe heart failure. * Acute diseases or acute or poorly controlled chronic diseases * Bone fractures in the last 3 months.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Consorci Sanitari del Maresme
Mataró, Barcelona, 08304, Spain
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Mateu Serra-Prat
Mataró, Barcelona, 08304, Spain
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