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Status unknownNCT03365310Updated Apr 11, 2018

Management of Frailty in Older Adults With Turmeric and Tulsi Supplements

An interventional study of C. longa, curcuminoids , Z. officianale, O. sanctum along with 200 ml of Milk and Standard of Care in Frail Elderly Syndrome, sponsored by Composite Interceptive Med Science. Status unknown at 1 site in India. Open to participants aged 65 Years to 90 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-04-11.

Sponsored by Composite Interceptive Med Science · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Apr 2018), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
65 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy of turmeric and tulsi polyherbal formulation in the management of frailty in the elderly population.

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Frailty is a wasting syndrome of old age that leaves a person vulnerable to falls, functional decline, morbidity and mortality. Reducing the severity of frailty will provide large benefits for individuals, their families and for the society. It is assumed that early intervention with frail people will improve quality of life and reduce the costs of care. This trial is testing the frailty intervention with herbal medicine. If this frailty intervention is shown to be effective, there are major potential benefits to the frail older population generally in terms of decreased disability. The interventions being examined are readily transferable to routine clinical practice and can potentially be applied routinely in aged care services.

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Conditions studied

  • Frail Elderly Syndrome
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In context

Lead sponsor

Composite Interceptive Med Science is the lead sponsor of 10 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
65 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Subjects above the age of 65 years, providing written .
  • Meeting three or more Cardiovascular health study frailty criteria
  • Mild or no cognitive impairment (defined as a score >23),
  • Able to walk without personal assistance and no other physical limitations that can limit participation and adherence, particularly to exercise intervention program

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

People will be ineligible to participate in the trial if they:

  • Live in a residential aged care facility
  • Severe audio-visual impairment
  • Progressive, degenerative neurologic disease like Parkinsonism, fits/ epilepsy, etc.
  • Rapidly progressive or terminal illness under palliative care with less than 12 months
  • History of alcohol abuse or any other substance abuse
  • Severely affect muscle/joint dysfunction resulting in disability
  • Hospital admission in the past 3 months
  • Regular physical training or physiotherapy or current participation in a vigorous exercise or weight-training program more than once per week
  • Undergoing therapeutic diet incompatible with nutritional supplementation
  • In the opinion of research clinician, the intervention is deemed to be potentially hazardous for the subject, such as serious cardiac and pulmonary disease.
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MMSE and MoCA

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Life expectancy

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention Group

    Participants will receive turmeric and tulsi capsule with milk(100 ml) along with standard of care treatment as determined by research physician...Each participants has to take two capsules of turmeric formula and tulsi twice daily for the study period of 3 months

    Drug: C. longa, curcuminoids , Z. officianale, O. sanctum along with 200 ml of Milk · Other: Standard of Care

  • Active comparator
    Standard Care Group

    Participants will only receive the standard of care treatment as determined by research physician

    Other: Standard of Care

Interventions

  • DrugC. longa, curcuminoids , Z. officianale, O. sanctum along with 200 ml of Milk

    Polyherbal formulation along with standard of care

    Also known as: Turmeric formula and Tulsi capsule and Milk

  • OtherStandard of Care

    Usual standard of care for consist of exercise, caloric and protein support, vitamin D, reduction of polypharmacy along with medical management of health condition, assessment of care needs and provision of care. These will be determined on case by case basis by research clinician.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Frailty Score

    To assess a change in frailty score from baseline in 3 months between two groups

    Time frame: 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. C reactive protein

    Change in C-reactive Protein (CRP) from baseline

    Time frame: 3 months

  2. Frequency of falls

    defined as an event resulting in a person coming to rest unintentionally on the ground or other lower level; near-falls would not be included

    Time frame: 3 months

  3. Health service utilization

    frequencies of doctor visits, emergency room visit, hospitalization, nursing home admission

    Time frame: 3 months

  4. Mortality

    Death of study participant during study period

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 11, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03365310
Lead sponsor
Composite Interceptive Med Science
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 7, 2017
Start date
Jul 1, 2018 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jul 30, 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 30, 2018 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 11, 2018

Study contacts

Alben Sigamani
Contact
alben.sigamani.dr@nhhospitals.org
8884431444
Sanjaya Chauhan
Contact
drsanjayachauhan49@gmail.com
9611252350
Dr. Sanjaya Chauhan
principal investigator · Composite Interceptive Med Science
Dr. Alben Sigamani
principal investigator · Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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