Lifestyle makeover could slash Alzheimer's risk in genetically vulnerable seniors
NCT ID NCT07646054
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a year-long virtual lifestyle coaching program—focusing on diet, sleep, and activity—can lower Alzheimer's-related blood markers in 1,200 adults aged 60-80 who carry a genetic risk. Participants wear an Oura ring for tracking and provide blood samples. The goal is to see if lifestyle changes can prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- lifestyle coaching (diet, activity, sleep guidance)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that lifestyle changes can help prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease in people with a genetic risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage prevention trial, not a treatment. The intervention is behavioral, so results may vary widely, and it may not show a clear effect on Alzheimer's biomarkers.
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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 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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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60 to 80 years
- 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: * Current 23andMe Research participant with APOE4 positivity genetic variant * Age 60 to 80 at time of consent * Have access to an Android or Apple iPhone smartphone device and able to download study apps * Lives in the United States and able to send and receive US Mail * Able and willing to perform a self-administered saliva test at screening\*for organic outreach only. * Able and willing to perform a self-administered finger prick blood collection at three time points throughout the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking * Lives outside of the United States * Currently taking or planning on taking GLP-1 medications (Exenatide, Liraglutide, Albiglutide, Dulaglutide, Semaglutide or Tirzepatide) within the next 12 months * Established diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease or other Neurodegenerative Disease (Parkinson's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Huntington's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis or Frontotemporal Dementia). * Current or past Oura Ring user (any Oura Ring use in the last 12 months)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Scripps Translational Research Institute
La Jolla, California, 92037, United States
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