This randomized controlled trial will enroll 160 individuals aged over 40 without dementia who are at high risk of stroke, collecting multi-modal MRI imaging, serum, and fecal samples to investigate the impact of the ORIENT diet on brain functional networks.
Oriental Intervention for Enhanced Neurocognitive Health (ORIENT) Diet in Populations with High Risk of Stroke is designed to test the impact of a 6-month intervention utilizing a culturally adapted version of the MIND diet, named as the ORIENT diet, on 160 participants (aged 40 years and above, and without dementia) with high risk of stroke (defined as having transient ischemic attack or having ≥ 3 stroke risk factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, atrial fibrillation or valvular heart disease, smoking history, obvious overweight or obesity, lack of exercise, family history of stroke). The ORIENT diet retains the core components of the DASH, Mediterranean, and MIND diets, but incorporates adjustments according to evidence derived from Asian prospective cohorts and Chinese dietary practices. Participants in the intervention group will receive the ORIENT diet intervention, while participants in the control group will receive standard low-sodium and low-fat dietary advice. The study's primary objective is to assess the impact of the ORIENT diet on the brain functional networks of individual with high risk of stroke. The investigation will explore potential mediators and modifiers of the intervention's effects by collecting various cardiovascular risk factors, serum samples, fecal samples, neuropsychological assessment results, and multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging at baseline, 6 months, and 2 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
160
The usual diet advice include recommendations in guidelines, such as reducing salt and fat intake.
The ORIENT diet has the same basic components of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Mediterranean and MIND diets, but uniquely adjusting some of components according to the evidence derived from Asian prospective cohorts and the Chinese eating habits.
Second Affilated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGChanges in brain functional network connectivity assessed by resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Primary Outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in brain functional network efficiency assessed by resting state fMRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in brain functional network activity intensity assessed by resting state fMRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in brain functional network efficiency assessed by resting state fMRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in brain functional network activity intensity assessed by resting state fMRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in brain functional network efficiency assessed by resting state fMRI
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in brain functional network activity intensity assessed by resting state fMRI
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in brain functional network connectivity assessed by resting state fMRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
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Changes in brain functional network connectivity assessed by resting state fMRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Global cognitive function change assessed with Z-score of a modified National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) protocol (higher scores mean a better outcome)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Global cognitive function change assessed with Z-score of a modified National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) protocol (higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Global cognitive function change assessed with Z-score of a modified National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) protocol (higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Cognitive domain change assessed with Z-score of a modified National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) protocol (higher scores mean a better outcome)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Cognitive domain change assessed with Z-score of a modified National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) protocol (higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Cognitive domain change assessed with Z-score of a modified National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and Canadian Stroke Network-Canadian Stroke Network (NINDS-CSN) protocol (higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Cognitive function change assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 30, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Cognitive function change assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 30, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Cognitive function change assessed with Mini-Mental State Examination (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 30, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Cognitive function change assessed by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 30, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Cognitive function change assessed by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 30, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Cognitive function change assessed by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 30, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in white matter hyperintensity (WMH) assessed on MRI with T2-Fluid-Attenuated-Inversion-Recovery (FLAIR) sequence
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in lacunes assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in perivascular spaces assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in microbleeds assessed on MRI with Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI) sequence sequence
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in brain atrophy (width of the sulci greater than 5mm) assessed on MRI
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in white matter hyperintensity (WMH) assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in white matter hyperintensity (WMH) assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in lacunes assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in lacunes assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in perivascular spaces assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in perivascular spaces assessed on MRI with T2 FLAIR sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in microbleeds assessed on MRI with SWI sequence sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in microbleeds assessed on MRI with SWI sequence sequence
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in brain atrophy (width of the sulci greater than 5mm) assessed on MRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in brain atrophy (width of the sulci greater than 5mm) assessed on MRI
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in cerebral glymphatic function assessed by non-invasive diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (ALPS-index)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in cerebral glymphatic function assessed by non-invasive diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (ALPS-index)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in cerebral glymphatic function assessed by non-invasive diffusion tensor image analysis along the perivascular space (ALPS-index)
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the territory of the culprit artery assessed by arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion image
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the territory of the culprit artery assessed by arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion image
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the territory of the culprit artery assessed by arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion image
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Metabolite profiles in participants' faecal samples and serum samples
short-term secondary outcome: metabolite composition was analyzed via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Time frame: 6 months
Metabolite profiles in participants' faecal samples and serum samples
long-term secondary outcome: metabolite composition was analyzed via liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Time frame: 2 years
Incidence of stroke event including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Incidence of stroke event including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 2 years
Incidence of stroke event including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
long-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 5 years
Change in the Oriental Intervention for Enhanced Neurocognitive Health (ORIENT) diet scale (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 14, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months
Change in the Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet scale (minimum value = 0, maximum value = 15, and higher scores mean a better outcome)
short-term secondary outcome
Time frame: 6 months