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Cognitive ImpairmentCOSMOS-MindNCT03035201

COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study for the Mind

An observational study of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 1 site in United States.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The parent trial (COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, COSMOS; NCT02422745) is a randomized clinical trial of cocoa extract supplement (containing a total of 500 mg/d flavanols, including 80 mg. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Aging
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
How many people
2,262 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2016to 12 Feb 2021
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 65 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Older adult

Study population: COSMOS-Mind will include 2,000 participants from the COSMOS parent trial who are at least 65 years of age, with approximately equal distribution of women and men.

Who may be able to join

  • Men and women 65 years and older.
  • Willingness to participate.
  • Ability to answer questions by phone.

Who cannot join

  • Participants who are co-enrolled in the WHI Memory Study.
  • Participants with insulin-dependent diabetes.
  • Participants who are unable to complete the baseline cognitive assessments.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Wake Forest School of Medicine

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157

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About this study

Official title: COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study-Mind

The parent trial (COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, COSMOS; NCT02422745) is a randomized clinical trial of cocoa extract supplement (containing a total of 500 mg/d flavanols, including 80 mg. (-)-epicatechins), and a standard multivitamin supplement to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer among men aged 60 years and older and women aged 65 years and older. A cognitive ancillary study (COSMOS-Mind) is being conducted among men and women, 65 years and older, who are enrolled in COSMOS and will examine whether the cocoa extract supplement or the multivitamin supplement improves cognitive function and reduces risk of cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other related types of dementia. Participants at the Wake Forest site will only be getting a phone call.

Read the detailed description

Identifying a safe, affordable, and well-tolerated intervention that prevents cognitive decline in older adults is of critical public health importance. There is compelling evidence from basic science, and small clinical studies that cocoa flavanols may protect cognitive function in older adults and reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia. Thus, this intervention could have important downstream benefits for health care utilization and cost, caregiver burden, and overall quality of life for older adults. Cocoa flavanol effects on cognition, however, need to be assessed in a definitive clinical trial.

The parent trial (COSMOS) will enroll 21,442 women and men nationwide, drawn from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) participant cohort and the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) non-randomized respondent cohort, and will be conducted primarily by mail to assess whether high-potency cocoa flavanol extract and a multivitamin - alone or in combination - will reduce risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer over 3 years of follow-up.

After the COSMOS trial began, an advanced method to analyze cocoa flavanols was accredited by Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (AOAC) International as a First Action Official Method of Analysis https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoacint/qsaa132 [secure-web.cisco.com]). This updated method relies on a reference material (RM8403) recently standardized and made commercially available by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. While the actual cocoa flavanol content of the COSMOS intervention remained unchanged throughout the trial, the application of this new analytical method led to expected changes in how the total cocoa flavanol content is now reported. Applying AOAC 2020.05/RM8403 to the COSMOS intervention, the total cocoa flavanol content of the COSMOS intervention is now 500 mg/day. Reporting of (-)-epicatechin content remained unaffected. Going forward, this record will therefore apply AOAC 2020.05/RM8403 and report that the COSMOS intervention tested 500 mg/day of cocoa flavanols, including 80 mg of (-)-epicatechin.

Once participants are enrolled in COSMOS, the study team at Brigham and Women's Hospital will provide contact information and other parent trial outcomes for COSMOS-Mind participants to the Wake Forest team using a secure web-based data transfer system. This seamless exchange of information between sites will permit timely accounting to ensure that the targeted demographics for enrollment are achieved (e.g. gender, age, race, ethnicity).

COSMOS-Mind will only be administered a telephone cognitive assessment to all participants at enrollment (baseline), and annually for 3 years of follow-up by trained and certified staff of the Wake Forest COSMOS-Mind team.

Keywords
Memory, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, Cognition
Medical subject headings
Cognitive Dysfunction, Dementia, Alzheimer Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT03035201
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cocoa extract + multivitamin (MTV)2 capsules containing 500 mg/d cocoa extract; daily MTV
Cocoa extract + multivitamin placebo2 capsules containing 500 mg/d cocoa extract; daily MTV placebo
Cocoa extract placebo + multivitaminCocoa extract placebo (2 capsules/d); daily MTV
Cocoa extract placebo + multivitamin placeboCocoa extract placebo (2 capsules/d); daily MTV placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Global Cognitive Function: Average Change Over Follow-up From Baseline

    A composite cognitive measure that averages individual test z-scores of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-modified (TICSm) Total and Long, the Immediate and Delayed Story Recall tests, the Oral Trail Making A and B tests (log-transformed), the Category Fluency and Verbal Fluency tests, and the Number Span Backward and Forward tests. Scores are ordered so that better performance corresponds to higher positive scores. Longitudinal data are used to create a linear contrast for the primary analysis to compare the difference between the average of scores at Years 1, 2, and 3 and the baseline score, i.e. (z1+z2+z3)/3 - z0, where z's denote the composited measures at baseline and years 1-3. This contrast is fitted using a random effects model for repeated measures. The primary comparison is for the margins of the factorial design: active cocoa flavonal (with or without active multivitamin) versus placebo flavonal (with or without active multivitamin).

    Measured: From Baseline through Year 3

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Composite Cognitive Function

    A composite cognitive measure that averages individual test z-scores of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-modified (TICSm) Total and Long, the Immediate and Delayed Story Recall tests, the Oral Trail Making A and B tests (log-transformed), the Category Fluency and Verbal Fluency tests, and the Number Span Backward and Forward tests. Scores are ordered so that better performance corresponds to higher positive scores. Longitudinal data are used to create a linear contrast for the primary analysis to compare the difference between the average of scores at Years 1, 2, and 3 and the baseline score, i.e. (z1+z2+z3)/3 - z0, where z's denote the composited measures at baseline and years 1-3. This contrast is fitted using a random effects model for repeated measures. The comparison for this secondary outcome is based on the margins of the factorial design to compare multivitamin (with or without cocoa flavonal) with multivitamin placebo (with or without cocoa flavonal)

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

  2. Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Mild cognitive impairment based on centralized adjudication of cognitive test scores and input from a proxy. Limited to participants free of mild cognitive impairment at baseline. Incidence over 3 years of follow-up.

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

  3. Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment Among Those Free at Baseline

    Mild cognitive impairment based on central adjudication of test scores with input from proxies. Based on test scores administered annually across 3 years.

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

  4. Executive Function

    Average of z-scores for the following tests: Oral Trail Making Test - B (log-transformed), Category Verbal Fluency, Letter Verbal Fluency, Number Span Test (Backwards and Forward). Higher (positive) scores reflect better performance. Linear contrast of scores collected at baseline, year 1, year 2, and year 3: (z1+z2+z3)/3 - z0)

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

  5. Episodic Memory

    Average z-scores from Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-modified Delayed Word List, Story Immediate Recall, Story Delayed Recall. Higher (positive) scores reflect better performance. Annual test administrations.

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

  6. Executive Function

    Average of z-scores for the following tests: Oral Trail Making Test - B (log-transformed), Category Verbal Fluency, Letter Verbal Fluency, Number Span Test (Backwards and Forward). Higher (positive) scores reflect better performance. Tests administered annually.

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

  7. Episodic Memory

    Average z-scores from Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status-modified Delayed Word List, Story Immediate Recall, Story Delayed Recall. Higher (positive) scores reflect better performance.

    Measured: From baseline through year 3

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2017 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2016
  3. Primary completion12 Feb 2021
  4. Study completion12 Feb 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
2,262 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03035201
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00037753
Other IDs
1R01AG050657-01A1
Acronym
COSMOS-Mind
Status last verified
May 2023
First submitted
20 Jan 2017
Last updated
22 Aug 2023
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: COSMOS-Mind and COSMOS (parent trial, PI: Manson and Sesso) have data transfer procedures and protocols in place which use password protection and encryption, to permit seamless and secure exchange of information. Safety monitoring will be completed through the parent trial. The COSMOS-Mind staff will send all adverse events reported to them to the parent trial for reporting and follow-up. This data will be sent electronically only to approved users through a protected network.

Publications

  • Vyas CM, Manson JE, Sesso HD, Cook NR, Rist PM, Weinberg A, Moorthy MV, Baker LD, Espeland MA, Yeung LK, Brickman AM, Okereke OI. Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from the clinic subcohort of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial and meta-analysis of 3 cognitive studies within COSMOS. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Mar;119(3):692-701. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.12.011. Epub 2024 Jan 18.

    PubMed 38244989
  • Baker LD, Rapp SR, Shumaker SA, Manson JE, Sesso HD, Gaussoin SA, Harris D, Caudle B, Pleasants D, Espeland MA; COSMOS-Mind Research Group. Design and baseline characteristics of the cocoa supplement and multivitamin outcomes study for the Mind: COSMOS-Mind. Contemp Clin Trials. 2019 Aug;83:57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.06.019. Epub 2019 Jul 2.

    PubMed 31271875

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Aug 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 22 Aug 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Global Cognitive Function: Average Change Over Follow-up From Baseline (time frame: From Baseline through Year 3). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03035201, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Aug 2023.

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