Plain-English translation of NCT06209723 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗ · Source last updated · Translation generated · How we translate trials
This study doesn't follow the usual testing phases — it may be an observational study or a different type of research.
This research study is testing whether switching to a vegetarian diet might help your immune system and support your heart's recovery after a heart attack. Researchers will compare people who eat a vegetarian diet for five weeks with people who continue eating their normal diet. The study also includes healthy partners or spouses of heart attack patients, so researchers can see how the diet affects both recovering patients and healthy people.
After a heart attack, the body's immune system becomes overactive, which can actually slow down healing and increase the risk of future problems. This study is exploring whether a vegetarian diet might help calm this inflammatory response and support better recovery.
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If you join this study, you will be randomly assigned to either eat a vegetarian diet or continue your normal eating habits for five weeks. You'll be asked to provide blood samples at several time points and complete questionnaires about your health at the start, after twelve weeks, and at a nine-month follow-up visit. Some participants will also have heart imaging scans. The study includes a six-week break between diet phases to let your body stabilize, then participants switch to the other diet group for another five weeks.
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