Dietary Intervention for Cardiovascular Disease

Incidence of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) continues to rise, which consumes huge medical resources in Taiwan. The effectiveness of dietary therapy for CMD has not been locally evaluated in detail. CVD is an important risk factor for dementia. At the present time, there is no effective treatment available for dementia. Early prevention is extremely important. Our previous studies have shown that Taiwanese dementia protective diet is very similar to cardiovascular prevention and control diet, meaning that effective dietary therapy may not only control CVD but also prevent dementia development. Therefore, this study intends to document the effects of dietary intervention on cardiovascular disease risk factor control, the long-term outcomes on the occurrence of cardiovascular events, and the maintenance of cognitive function for patients with coronary artery disease.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: control:usual medical management; Behavioral: intervention 1:usual medical management+individual dieting consultation; Behavioral: intervention 2:usual medical management+individual dieting consultation+ daily tea drinking

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Beitou District
    • Taipei, Beitou District, Taiwan, 112
      • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 45 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Have received percutaneous transluminal coronary artery surgery.
2. Stable drug control for more than one month

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Suffer from cancer and undergo chemotherapy or surgery within one year.
2. Those who have a major illness in hospital within one year.
3. Those with kidney disease stage 5 (inclusive) or above
4. Those whose life expectancy does not exceed half a year
5. Patients with diagnosed dementia
6. Those who do not want to be tracked

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: usual medical management; with regular doctor visits every 3 months	Other: control:usual medical management; with regular doctor visits every 3 months
Experimental: usual medical management+individual dietary consultation; with regular doctor visits every 3 months and dietitian visits every 3 months until meeting dietary recommendation or reaching 3 years limit	Other: control:usual medical management; with regular doctor visits every 3 months; Behavioral: intervention 1:usual medical management+individual dieting consultation; with regular doctor visits every 3 months and dietitian visits every 3 months
Experimental: usual medical management+individual dietary consultation+ daily tea drinking; with regular doctor visits every 3 months, dietitian visits every 3 months until meeting dietary recommendation or reaching 3 years limit, and daily tea drinking	Other: control:usual medical management; with regular doctor visits every 3 months; Behavioral: intervention 1:usual medical management+individual dieting consultation; with regular doctor visits every 3 months and dietitian visits every 3 months; Behavioral: intervention 2:usual medical management+individual dieting consultation+ daily tea drinking; with regular doctor visits every 3 months and dietitian visits every 3 months and daily tea drinking

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in diet quality at Year 1, 2, and 3.	Diet quality is estimated according to the daily intake of nutrients and the distribution of the six food groups, with a qualified food frequency questionnaire. The six food groups include: Whole grains and starchy vegetables; Protein foods: soybeans, fish, eggs, and meat; Vegetables; Fruits; Dairy; Oils, nuts & seeds	Baseline, year 1, 2 and 3
Change from baseline in concentrations of cardiovascular risk factors at Month 6, 12, 18, 24,30, and 36.	Cardiovascular risk factors include total cholesterol,triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein ,high-density lipoprotein, uric acid, glucose, HbA1C.	Baseline and Month 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36.
Events of cardiovascular diseases at Year 6.	CVD or non-CVD death, stroke, acute myocardial infarction, hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome, hospitalization for coronary intervention surgery, hospitalization for various cardiovascular diseases, hospitalization for heart failure, hospitalization for other CVD diseases, new-onset heart arrhythmia, new-onset peripheral blood vessels block	Year 6.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline in the dosage of prescribed drugs at Month 6, 12, 18, 24,30, and 36.	Prescribed drugs for cardiovascular diseases.	Baseline and Month 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36.
Change from baseline in cardiovascular risk score	Taiwanese edition of Framingham Risk Score, a 10-year risk score derived as a percentage. Risk is considered low if the Framingham Risk Score is less than 10%, moderate if it is 10% to 19%, and high if it is 20% or higher.	Baseline, year 1, 2 and 3.
Change from baseline in concentrations of inflammatory markers at Year 1, 2, and 3.	Inflammatory markers include IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10，TNF- α, IFN-γ in blood.	Baseline, year 1, 2 and 3.
Change from baseline in scores of Montreal Cognitive Assessment at Year 1, 2, and 3.	Scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment range from zero to 30. A score of 26 and higher is considered normal.	Baseline, year 1, 2 and 3.
Change from baseline in scores of Number Cancellation test	A sub-scale of Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale. Cancellation score = number of targets hit in 45 seconds - (minus) number of errors - (minus) number of times reminded of the task.	Baseline, year 1, 2 and 3.
Change from baseline in the number of digits at Year 1, 2 and 3.	A digit span task is used to measure working memory's number storage capacity. Subjects are read a sequence of numbers and asked to repeat the same sequence back to the examiner in order (forward span) or in reverse order (backward span). The score is the length of the longest correctly repeated sequence. The maximum number of digits in a sequence is 9 and the minimum number of digits in a sequence is 2. The higher scores mean a better outcome.	Baseline, year 1, 2 and 3.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Collaborators: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Wen-Harn Pan, Ph.D, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 23, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 14, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): February 14, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 19, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 7, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): January 21, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 27, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 25, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: AS-IRB-BM-19057

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No