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Trial reportGeroScience2026

Anthocyanin supplementation in adults at risk for dementia: a randomized controlled trial on its cardiometabolic and anti-inflammatory biomarker effects.

Miguel German Borda, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Felipe Botero-Rodriguez, Jonathan Patricio-Baldera, Chiara de Lucia, Ilaria Pola, George E Barreto, Khadija Khalifa, Anne Katrine Bergland, Miia Kivipelto and 7 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in GeroScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Miguel German BordaCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway. mmborda@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5832-0603
Robinson Ramírez-VélezNavarrabiomed, IdiSNA, Hospital Universitario de Navarra (CHN), Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Pamplona, Spain.
Felipe Botero-RodriguezCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Jonathan Patricio-BalderaCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Chiara de LuciaCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Ilaria PolaDepartment of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Mölndal, Sweden.
George E BarretoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Khadija KhalifaCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Anne Katrine BerglandCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Miia KivipeltoDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Tommy CederholmDivision of Clinical Geriatrics, Center for Alzheimer Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Henrik ZetterbergClinical Neurochemistry Laboratory, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Mölndal, Sweden.
Nicholas J AshtonCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
Clive BallardMedical School, University of Exeter, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Richard SiowCentre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Dag AarslandCentre for Age-Related Medicine (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Helse Stavanger HF, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway.
NJ FINGER

Funding

nordfosk 119886
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthocyanins are dietary flavonoids shown to have a therapeutic capacity to mitigate inflammation and oxidative stress. The present secondary analyses from the "Anthocyanins in People at Risk for Dementia Study" were aimed at (I) determining the intervention's effect on blood-based markers of cardiovascular disease and inflammation and (II) evaluating whether baseline factors such as age, sex, inflammation, or cardiometabolic score may moderate the intervention's effect on inflammatory status. This study was an ancillary, 24-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II trial. Sub-sample participants (n = 99), aged 60-80 years with mild cognitive impairment or cardiometabolic disorders, were randomized to receive either 320 mg/day of anthocyanins or placebo. The biomarkers analyzed included inflammatory biomarker assessment (IL - 6, IL - 8, IL - 10, IL - 1b, TNF - α, IFN - γ), and C-reactive protein (CRP), as well as albumin, thrombocytes, cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides, which were longitudinally compared between both groups. Baseline characteristics were balanced between the groups. ANCOVA analyses reveal 24-week differences favoring the anthocyanin treatment in LDL cholesterol levels (ƞp

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AnthocyaninsCardiovascular DiseasesCognitive DysfunctionDementiaDietary SupplementsAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedAnthocyaninsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinAgingAnthocyaninsClinical trialCytokinesInflammationInflammation mediators

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PMCPMC12972345

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