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ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2025

Nutritional and dietary clinical trials for Parkinson's disease: a narrative review.

Alexandros Giannakis, Maria Chondrogiorgi, Spiridon Konitsiotis, Christos Sidiropoulos

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Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alexandros GiannakisDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Stavrou Niarchou Av., University Campus, 45500, Ioannina, Greece. papadates@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7787-9979
Maria ChondrogiorgiDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Stavrou Niarchou Av., University Campus, 45500, Ioannina, Greece.
Spiridon KonitsiotisDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Stavrou Niarchou Av., University Campus, 45500, Ioannina, Greece.
Christos SidiropoulosDepartment of Neurology, Michigan State University, 804 Service Rd, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to review clinical trials investigating dietary or nutritional interventions for Parkinson's Disease (PD) and identify potential research gaps. A PubMed search yielded 3378 results, and after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 38 studies were selected. Of these, 13 focused on interventions with potential neuroprotective effects against PD, 18 examined symptom improvement, and 7 explored their relationship to antiparkinsonian medication. Most studies were randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and demonstrated promising results. However, they were often limited by small sample sizes and short durations. Large-scale, double-blind, placebo-controlled RCTs are necessary to further investigate the effects of dietary and nutritional interventions in PD. Other nutrients with promising results in preclinical research should be further evaluated in clinical trials. Moreover, research should prioritize dietary pattern interventions, like the Mediterranean and ketogenic diets, while closely monitoring patient adherence to these approaches. Lastly, future research should further explore the role of gut microbiota and its potential pathogenic involvement in PD.

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Clinical Trials as TopicParkinson DiseaseHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicDietEnteric nervous systemNutraceuticalNutritionParkinson’s disease

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.