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NCT03470584
Vegetarian Diet and Chronic Degenerative Diseases
trial testing Diet Exposure in Dementia in 18,064 participants. Completed in 31 December 2014.
30 December 2005
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 18,064 |
| Start date | 1 March 2005 |
| Primary completion | 30 December 2005 |
| Estimated completion | 31 December 2014 |
| Sites | 1 location across Taiwan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Diet Exposure
Conditions studied
- Dementia — all drugs for Dementia →
- Depression — all drugs for Depression →
- Cardiovascular Diseases — all drugs for Cardiovascular Diseases →
- Stroke — all drugs for Stroke →
Sponsor
Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Dementia or Depression. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
To investigate the prospective association between a vegetarian diet and chronic degenerative diseases in two cohorts of Taiwanese Buddhists
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Vegetarian diet and incidence of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in 2 cohorts in Taiwan.
Chiu THT, Chang HR, Wang LY, Chang CC, et al · · 2020 · cited 53× · PMID 32102976 · DOI 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009093 -
Vegetarian diet and risk of gout in two separate prospective cohort studies.
Chiu THT, Liu CH, Chang CC, Lin MN, et al · · 2020 · cited 25× · PMID 30955983 · DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.03.016
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Verify against primary sources
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03470584 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital
- Last refreshed: 12 September 2025
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