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Registry update — unassessed

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
Reporter brief

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.

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

Recorded source passages

Abstract or registry material supplied for assessment; source version 2. 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

Version 2: Unassessed

Version 1: Superseded

Version 1: Superseded

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