[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-study-detail:100598810":3},{"organization":4,"armGroups":7,"interventions":19,"overallOfficials":18,"centralContacts":18,"locations":25,"responsibleParty":44,"collaborators":46,"id":59,"slug":60,"hasResults":61,"nctId":62,"briefTitle":63,"officialTitle":64,"acronym":65,"eligibilityCriteria":66,"healthyVolunteers":61,"sex":67,"minAge":68,"maxAge":18,"enrollmentInfo":69,"targetDuration":18,"studyType":72,"phases":73,"briefSummary":75,"conditions":76,"keywords":79,"overallStatus":28,"whyStopped":18,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":88,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":89,"startDateStruct":92,"completionDateStruct":94,"leadSponsor":96,"locationsCount":97},{"fullName":5,"class":6},"Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi","OTHER",[8,14],{"label":9,"type":10,"description":11,"interventionNames":12},"Ambrosia group","EXPERIMENTAL","Participants in the intervention group will receive the AMBROSIA Bar along with standard nutritional counselling. The AMBROSIA Bar is a functional chocolate-based food product designed specifically for older adults with heart failure and\u002For atrial fibrillation. It contains a tailored blend of ingredients, including:\n\nProbiotic strains (Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Istituto Microbiologico C. N. R.501® and Lacticaseibacillus paracasei Istituto Microbiologico C. N. R.502®, branded as SYNBIO®), Hydrolysed proteins, Inulin (a dietary fiber), Coenzyme Q10\n\nParticipants will consume one AMBROSIA Bar per day for 6 months. The formulation aims to support muscle health, improve nutrient absorption, modulate the gut microbiota, and reduce inflammation.",[13],"Dietary Supplement: Ambrosia bar",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Control group","NO_INTERVENTION","Participants in the control group will receive standard nutritional counseling.",null,[20],{"type":21,"name":22,"description":23,"armGroupLabels":24,"otherNames":18},"DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT","Ambrosia bar","The experimental intervention involves the \"AMBROSIA\" bar alongside healthy dietary counseling.\n\nThe \"AMBROSIA\" bar is a novel chocolate bar designed for older Heart Failure (HF) and Atrial Fibrillation (AF) patients to prevent undernutrition. Its distinguishing features are:\n\n* Unique Composition: It contains a unique and specific blend of probiotic strains and a cocktail of micro\u002Fmacronutrients.\n* Patented Probiotic Efficacy: The SYNBIO® blend is patented (RM2004A000166, EP1743042) for its exceptional intestinal mucosal adhesion, ensuring effective colonization and persistence.\n* Optimal Delivery Matrix: The chocolate bar serves as a palatable and effective vehicle for probiotic delivery, confirmed to maintain probiotic viability.\n* Targeted Nutritional Strategy: The bar aims to modulate gut microbiota and address undernutrition, inflammation, and cachexia in the target.",[9],[26],{"facility":27,"status":28,"city":29,"state":18,"zip":18,"country":30,"countryCode":31,"cosmosGeoPoint":32,"geoPoint":37,"contacts":38},"Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi","RECRUITING","Florence","Italy","IT",{"type":33,"coordinates":34},"Point",[35,36],11.24626,43.77925,{"lat":36,"lon":35},[39],{"name":40,"role":41,"phone":42,"phoneExt":18,"email":43},"Stefano Fumagalli","CONTACT","0552751821","stefano.fumagalli@unifi.it",{"type":45,"investigatorFullName":18,"investigatorTitle":18,"investigatorAffiliation":18,"oldNameTitle":18,"oldOrganization":18},"SPONSOR",[47,49,51,54,56],{"name":48,"class":6},"University of Florence",{"name":50,"class":6},"Northumbria University",{"name":52,"class":53},"Synbiotec Srl","INDUSTRY",{"name":55,"class":6},"University College Dublin",{"name":57,"class":58},"Fundació d'investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears","OTHER_GOV","100598810","microbiota-inflammation-brain-axis-in-heart-failure-new-functional-food-for-the-prevention-of-undernutrition-in-older-100598810",false,"NCT07076329","Microbiota-Inflammation-Brain Axis in Heart Failure: New Functional Food for the Prevention of undeRnutrition in Older","Microbiota-Inflammation-Brain Axis in Heart Failure: New Food, biomarkerS and Artificial Intelligence Approach for the Prevention of undeRnutrition in Older","AMBROSIA","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age \\>70 years;\n* Caucasian ethnicity;\n* Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF) and\u002For heart failure (HF);\n* Normal nutritional status or at risk of malnutrition;\n* Adherence to Mediterranean diet\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Obesity (BMI \\>30 Kg\u002Fm2);\n* Underweight (BMI \\\u003C18.5 Kg\u002Fm2);\n* Use of antibiotics, corticosteroids and immune-suppressors in the last 6 months;\n* Immunodeficiency;\n* Trip to exotic areas in the last 12 months;\n* Recent (\\\u003C3 months) major surgical procedure;\n* Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus;\n* Active cancer;\n* Chronic significant hepatic diseases;\n* Chronic renal failure (KDIGO stages 4-5);\n* Dementia and severe mental diseases;\n* Other conditions interfering with autonomous drugs assumption;\n* Chronic use of NSAIDs;\n* Relevant history of allergy or infectious diseases","ALL","70 Years",{"count":70,"type":71},60,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[74],"NA","The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the AMBROSIA Bar helps prevent undernutrition and muscle loss in older adults with heart failure or atrial fibrillation.\n\nThe main questions it aims to answer are:\n\nDoes the AMBROSIA Bar help improve muscle mass and physical performance in older adults with heart conditions? What effects does the AMBROSIA Bar have on body composition, quality of life, inflammation, nutrition status, and gut microbiota?\n\nResearchers will compare people who assume the AMBROSIA Bar in addition to nutritional counseling to those who only receive nutritional counseling.\n\nParticipants will:\n\n* Receive nutritional counseling and consume one AMBROSIA Bar per day for 6 months (intervention group) or receive nutritional counseling only (control group).\n* Receive clinical assessment at the moment of enrolment, after 3 months, and after 6 months\n* Give samples (blood, saliva, urine, and stool) and complete questionnaires to check their nutrition, cognitive, and physical health",[77,78],"Atrial Fibrillation (AF)","Heart Failure",[80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87],"gut microbiota","elderly","probiotics","functional food","frailty","inflammation","heart failure","atrial fibrillation","2025-07-29",{"date":90,"type":91},"2025-07-31","ACTUAL",{"date":93,"type":91},"2022-02-07",{"date":95,"type":71},"2025-09-30",{"name":5,"class":6},1]