Assessment superseded
The STudy on bluebeRries, prOteiN, and Exercise for improvinG Frailty and Cardiovascular Disease (STRONG)
Trial registry update: RECRUITING. No results reported in the supplied registry record.
RCTMinor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Aug 28, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 18, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- This is a protocol or proposal document, not a results paper—no efficacy data are presented, so no claims about intervention effectiveness can be made.
- The abstract does not specify the sample size, primary outcomes, or study population criteria, leaving key methodological details unknown.
- The proposed mechanisms (inflammation reduction, cardiac regeneration, improved vessel function) are theoretical rationales for the intervention and are not demonstrated findings from this study.
Extracted from supplied source material; model confidence is not a measured probability of correctness.
Study details
- Design
- Rct
- Sample size
- —
- Duration
- 12 months
- Population
- —
- Primary outcome
- Reduction in frailty and cardiovascular disease risk
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Published
- Aug 28, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- Nova Scotia Health Authority ↗Clinical trial
Recorded source passages
Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 1. This is not a claim of full-text review.
The investigators propose that a comprehensive health strategy targeting diet and physical activity to reduce frailty will reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), thereby promoting healthy aging.
Our goal is to determine if a year-long multidomain intervention of protein, blueberries, and exercise reduces frailty and cardiovascular disease risk in older at-risk Nova Scotians of both sexes.
Source versions
Assessment history
9/24/2026 · SUPERSEDED: Source updated; assessment withdrawn pending review.
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