Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: The Brazilian Cardioprotective Nutritional Program to Reduce Events and Risk Factors in Secondary Prevention for Cardiovascular Disease
Brief Summary: There are no studies exploring the benefits of a diet composed of typical Brazilian food in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Randomized studies show that the Mediterranean diet is beneficial for patients with established cardiovascular disease or in risk for CVD development. Indeed, nutritional composition of the Mediterranean Diet is one of main references for dietary guidelines for treatment and prevention of CVD in Brazil and the world. However, in many countries, such as Brazil, most foods of the Mediterranean diet are not widely available, may be expensive or are not part of population eating habits. So, the prescription of the Mediterranean diet intervention for cardiovascular disease to the Brazilian population may not be feasible, leading to a low adherence. In this context, patients with established CVD have a low compliance to nutritional prescription. The BALANCE Program, considers 3 concepts: a) A dietary prescription guided by nutritional content recommendations from the Brazilian national guidelines; b) A nutritional education program based on fun, playful strategies and suggestions of affordable foods; and c) Intensive follow-up through one-on-one visits, group sessions, and phone calls. This is the first proposal to use these concepts concurrently with the objective to increase adherence of secondary prevention patients to the diet proposed by the guidelines. Therefore, The primary outcome is a composite of death (any cause), cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, myocardial revascularization, amputation for peripheral arterial disease, or hospitalization for unstable angina.


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A: Arm Label: DASH diet; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: DASH diet | Arm Label: DASH diet plus Weight loss; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: DASH diet plus Weight loss | Arm Label: Usual Care; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: DASH diet; Assigned to Arm(s): DASH diet | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: DASH diet plus Weight loss; Assigned to Arm(s): DASH diet plus Weight loss
B: Arm Label: Mediterranean Diet Intervention group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Mediterranean diet Intervention | Arm Label: Control group; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Mediterranean diet Intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Mediterranean Diet Intervention group
C: Arm Label: BALANCE group; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: BALANCE | Arm Label: Control Diet group; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Control diet | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: BALANCE; Assigned to Arm(s): BALANCE group | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Control diet; Assigned to Arm(s): Control Diet group
D: Arm Label: New Nordic Diet; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Dietary intervention | Arm Label: Average Danish Diet; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Dietary intervention | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Dietary intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Average Danish Diet, New Nordic Diet

Answer: C