Healthy Adults
Conditions
Brief summary
The overall objective of the study is to determine whether self-rated, perceived immune fitness (using questionnaire) is associated with biological assessment of immune fitness (immune signatures in the blood).
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
1. Ability to understand and sign the informed consent 2. Healthy adult men and/or women, 35-65 years old 3. BMI \>18 and \<30 kg/m2
Exclusion criteria
1. Volunteer who cannot be expected to comply with the protocol 2. Individuals with self-reported chronic disease; or who have any clinical condition which the investigator deems relevant for exclusion from the study, 3. Individuals with an impaired immune system that may confound immune response testing; i.e. any condition that impairs participant immune response through either the condition itself or through the treatment of the condition, 4. Family or hierarchical relationships with Clinical Innovation Lab at Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Switzerland
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Relative quantification of immune protein in plasma | 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial | Proteomic analysis in plasma by proximity extension assay |
| Percentage of different immune cell types in whole blood | 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial | Immune cell type profiling in whole blood by mass cytometry |
| Amount of cytokines expressed by peripheral blood mononuclear cells | 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial | Cytokine quantification by proximity extension assay |
| Amount of analytes in serum | 6 - 12 months after the start of the trial | Blood chemistry |
Countries
Switzerland