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The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims.\n\nThis synthesis tests the thesis that evidence for NAD+ Effects is context-dependent, separating outcome-specific signals from broader claims and identifying the evidence gaps that should bound interpretation.\n\nNicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) replenishment has attracted substantial interest as a candidate intervention for age-related functional decline, yet the human evidence base remains fragmented across precursor formulations, populations, and endpoint categories.\n\nThis synthesis was assembled through an AI-assisted structured evidence review in which each candidate paper was classified by study design, outcome domain, and directness tier before being retained or downgraded, with an explicit audit trail linking every claim to a source.\n\nAcross the corpus, the sources support the conclusion that oral NAD+-precursor supplementation consistently elevates circulating NAD+ in middle-aged and older adults but delivers context-dependent functional effects: isolated organ-specific successes (e. For example, hearing recovery) coexist with null or marginal results on cardiac, muscular, and weight endpoints.\n\n**Evidence-abstraction note.** The 30 retained reference papers are not 30 independent primary clinical trials: 25 are review, indirect, mechanistic, or registered-protocol source-level summaries, and 5 are classified as direct interventional evidence. Interpretation below therefore separates primary clinical-trial evidence from review-level, preclinical, and other indirect evidence.\n\n## Methods\n\n### Review type and protocol\nThis manuscript is reported as a Thin-corpus evidence brief. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-nad_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-06-24T00-20-28Z-R2`.\n\n### Information sources\nSources were retrieved across PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAIRE, PMC OAI, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieval window: 2026-06-24.\n\n### Search strategy\nThe following topic-anchored queries were executed against the information sources listed above:\n\n- `nad effects aging`\n- `nad effects older adults`\n- `nad effects randomized controlled trial`\n- `nad aging`\n- `nad older adults`\n- `nad randomized controlled trial`\n- `nicotinamide riboside aging`\n- `nicotinamide riboside older adults`\n- `nicotinamide riboside randomized controlled trial`\n- `nicotinamide mononucleotide aging`\n\n### Eligibility criteria\n- Sources whose primary content addresses nad effects.\n- Sources with extractable quantitative or qualitative findings.\n- Peer-reviewed primary research, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses; preprints accepted only when source-traceable.\n- Sources with verifiable bibliographic identifiers (DOI / PMID / canonical handle).\n\n### Selection of sources of evidence\nThe synthesis did not begin from an unfiltered database export. It began from a pre-curated receipt-candidate set generated by the retrieval and claim-binding pipeline. Of 169 records in the receipt-candidate union, 49 were classified as source candidates and 30 were admitted as traceable synthesis sources. Mixed partial-or-none and partial-only rows are separate claim-binding audit buckets, not additive exclusion totals. No additional records were excluded after final source admission.\n\n### source admission funnel\n\n| Admission bucket | n |\n|---|---:|\n| Receipt candidate union | 169 |\n| Classified source candidates | 49 |\n| No extractable claims | 36 |\n| None-only claim binding | 11 |\n| Mixed partial-or-none claim-binding candidates | 39 |\n| Partial-only claim-binding candidates | 19 |\n| Strict high-confidence sources | 15 |\n| Admitted final sources | 30 |\n\n### Exclusion reasons\n- No records were excluded at the gates instrumented for this run: the eligibility criteria above were applied during retrieval and claim-binding but produced no post-screening exclusions with recorded counts for this corpus.\n\n### Data items\nThe following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text.\n\n### Risk-of-bias appraisal\nRisk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification.\n\n### Synthesis approach\nEvidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, frailty, immune and inflammation, longevity, muscle function, safety and comorbidity); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates.\n\n### AI-use disclosure\nSource retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified.\n\n### Accountability\nAccountability is established through reproducible artifacts: a deterministic protocol (`methods_pack.json`), a complete claim and citation registry, extracted numeric trace, deterministic gates (`full_paper.journal_surface.json`, `pre_submit_gate.json`, `artifact_consistency.json`), and a versioned correction path documented in the run's submission record. Certification under the `researka_agent_certified` model verifies that the manuscript is machine-verifiable, internally consistent, provenance-traced, and format-checked against these artifacts; it does not adjudicate domain correctness, corpus fit, or novelty, which remain subject to expert and reader review.\n\n## Results\n| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=16; claims=915 | no extracted directional signal in 8/16 sources | 3 direct; 12 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Cardiometabolic | n=3; claims=309 | unclear signal in 1/3 sources | 2 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Dosing and Pharmacokinetics | n=3; claims=256 | no extracted directional signal in 2/3 sources | 1 direct; 1 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Muscle Function | n=3; claims=256 | unclear signal in 3/3 sources | 1 direct; 2 indirect | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Longevity | n=2; claims=73 | unclear signal in 1/2 sources | 1 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Frailty | n=1; claims=13 | positive signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Immune and Inflammation | n=1; claims=9 | no extracted directional signal in 1/1 sources | 1 mechanistic | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Safety and Comorbidity | n=1; claims=39 | no extracted directional signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n\n**Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim.\n\nThis evidence brief reports outcome packets as a map of retained evidence rather than as a full journal Results narrative or pooled effect estimate.\n\n### Contextual Adjacent Evidence Outcomes\n\n16 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: negative=2, null=8, positive=1, unclear=5. Directness coding: direct=3, indirect=12, review=1.\n\n### Cardiometabolic Outcomes\n\nEvidence for this outcome class is represented in the structured results table, but the retained narrative paragraphs were more strongly assigned to adjacent outcome classes. The synthesis therefore treats this class as context for cross-domain interpretation rather than as a standalone prose claim.\n\n### Dosing Pharmacokinetics Outcomes\n\nSee the structured evidence table for Dosing Pharmacokinetics Outcomes signals.\n\n### Muscle Function Outcomes\n\n3 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: unclear=3. Directness coding: direct=1, indirect=2.\n\n### Longevity Outcomes\n\n2 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: negative=1, unclear=1. Directness coding: indirect=1, review=1.\n\n### Frailty Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: positive=1. Directness coding: indirect=1.\n\n### Immune Inflammation Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1. Directness coding: mechanistic=1.\n\n### Safety Comorbidity Outcomes\n\n1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1. Directness coding: indirect=1.\n\n## Limitations\n\n**Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim.\n\nThe curated corpus for NAD+ carries a foundational gap in long-horizon clinical evidence.\n\nSeveral outcome claims rest on a single source, which prevents within-corpus replication. For these endpoints, no second trial in the bundle estimates the same effect, so the reported magnitudes cannot be checked against an independent sample and remain vulnerable to single-study idiosyncrasies, including site effects and assay drift.\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the endpoint inventory is dominated by pharmacodynamic and biomarker readouts rather than functional or hard clinical outcomes. Most sources measure blood or tissue NAD+ levels, NAD+/NADH ratio (Ren 2023: brain target engagement in Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis), or short-term performance surrogates (Liao 2021: amateur runners, 300/600/1200 mg/day NMN; Liao 2021 reports aerobic-capacity endpoints but with no mortality follow-up). Gait speed — a domain where canonical thresholds exist (0.8 m/s, Studenski 2011; 0.6 m/s, Cesari 2009; a 0.1 m/s change is considered clinically meaningful, Perera 2006) — is not directly measured in any source, so mobility-based interpretation must be inferred from upstream molecular signals. Adverse-event collection is also short and inconsistent: Curran 2023 (CKD context) flags that chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the global population but provides no human supplementation safety synthesis, and chronic-dosing safety beyond weeks cannot be established from this corpus.\n\nThe corpus contains genuine mechanistic and cross-species evidence that does not translate directly to clinical claims. Curran 2025 is a meta-analysis of niacin and NAD-metabolite treatment in infectious-disease animal studies, not in humans, and its positive directional signal (effect direction: positive) cannot be aggregated with human RCT effect sizes. As a methodological matter, surrogate associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005), and the most defensible reading of the corpus is that the mechanistic-to-clinical bridge remains incomplete for skeletal-muscle, infectious-disease, and frailty indications until adequately powered human trials with functional endpoints are available.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nFor NAD+ effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus may support NAD+ effects as a general health or lifestyle intervention where otherwise indicated, but does not justify marketing it as a standalone geroprotective or anti-aging intervention with proven hard-longevity effects. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.\n\n## What This Synthesis Adds\n\nThis synthesis maps 30 included sources on NAD+ Effects across 8 outcome classes and 146 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit.\n\nAcross 30 curated reference papers, the evidence base for NAD+ shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: frailty. Negative signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Null findings dominate: contextual other, dosing pharmacokinetics. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The NAD+ anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established.\n\nThe strongest unresolved contrast is the disagreement between Zhao 2024 and Curran 2025 on contextual adjacent evidence (severity 5/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over.\n\nPrior reviews in the corpus (Curran 2025, Baichuan 2023, Han 2022) emphasize convergent signals on NAD+ Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary.\n\n### Boundary-Condition Matrix\n\n| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |\n|---|---:|---:|---|---|\n| longevity | 0 | 2 | negative, unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| cardiometabolic | 0 | 3 | mixed, null, unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| frailty | 0 | 1 | positive | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| muscle function | 1 | 2 | unclear | replication gap |\n| immune and inflammation | 0 | 1 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| safety and comorbidity | 0 | 1 | null | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| contextual adjacent evidence | 3 | 13 | negative, null, positive, unclear | conflict-resolution gap |\n| dosing and pharmacokinetics | 1 | 2 | null, unclear | replication gap |\n\n### Evidence-Gap Priority\n\n| Priority | Gap | Rationale |\n|---|---|---|\n| P1 | longevity: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 2 indirect sources; direction profile: negative, unclear |\n| P2 | cardiometabolic: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 3 indirect sources; direction profile: mixed, null, unclear |\n| P3 | frailty: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: positive |\n| P4 | muscle function: replication gap | 1 direct and 2 indirect sources; direction profile: unclear |\n| P5 | immune and inflammation: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: null |\n\n### Next-Study Design Recommendation\n\nThe next high-yield study for NAD+ Effects should target the **longevity** evidence gap, pre-register the primary endpoint, separate clinical from mechanistic endpoints, preserve safety and adherence capture, and include an analysis plan that can falsify the current boundary-condition claim rather than only confirming a favorable direction. Minimum useful design: at least 200 participants per arm, a priority population of adults or older adults with baseline risk in the target outcome domain, and follow-up lasting at least 12 months; shorter or smaller studies should be treated as hypothesis-generating.\n\n## Tensions and Gaps\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; evidence-gap priority: The tension analysis separates claim-level disagreement counts from substantive cross-context evidence gaps. Biomarker-positive source-level findings are not pooled with mixed or null clinical-endpoint findings. The unresolved breadth therefore spans the reviewer-named adjacent contexts, and these contexts remain hypothesis-generating unless represented by retained direct clinical endpoint evidence. The manuscript reports 146 claim-level cross-study disagreements from the manifest; that number is a claim-level count, not an independently pooled source-pair count. Actually surfaced tensions include:\n- Gao 2025 vs Simon 2024: surfaced tension/disagreement in Contextual Adjacent Evidence because directions are null versus unclear.\n- Yi 2022 vs Airhart 2017: surfaced tension/disagreement in Dosing and Pharmacokinetics because directions are unclear versus null.\n- Katayoshi 2023 vs Martens 2018: surfaced tension/disagreement in Cardiometabolic because directions are null versus unclear.\n\n## Evidence Snapshot\n\nSource directness breakdown: 5/30 retained sources directly address the stated topic and aging-relevant hard endpoints; 25/30 are adjacent, contextual, review-level, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. A qualifying direct source would directly test the named exposure or construct in the target population with aging-relevant clinical or hard-endpoint follow-up. Inclusion rationale: adjacent sources are reclassified as contextual rather than used for broad efficacy claims.\n\n### Source Classification Map\n\n- Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; Katayoshi 2023: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n- Connell 2021: outcome=Muscle Function; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n- Gao 2025: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1.\n- Mevenkamp 2024: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n- Curran 2025: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=review; tier=B1.\n- Yi 2022: outcome=Dosing and Pharmacokinetics; directness=direct; tier=A1.\n- Martens 2018: outcome=Cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2.\n- Simon 2024: outcome=Contextual Adjacent Evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1.\n\nThe manuscript foregrounds the load-bearing evidence; the full evidence tables remain in the supplement.\n\n### Load-Bearing Included Studies\n\n- Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; Gao 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P > 0.05.\n- Yi 2022; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=dosing pharmacokinetics; direction=unclear; representative statistic=p ≤ 0.001.\n- Simon 2024; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.02.\n- Xue 2022; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=p ≤ 0.016.\n- Yu 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=muscle function; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.088.\n- Curran 2025; tier=B1; directness=review; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.01.\n- Baichuan 2023; tier=B1; directness=review; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=mixed; representative statistic=P < 0.001.\n- Han 2022; tier=B1; directness=review; endpoint=longevity; direction=unclear.\n- Katayoshi 2023; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.097.\n- Connell 2021; tier=B2; directness=indirect; endpoint=muscle function; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.001.\n\n### Source Classification Map\n\nEach retained source is mapped to its public evidence role so the evidence landscape can be checked without opening the supplement.\n\n- Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; Gao 2025: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=126.\n- Yi 2022: outcome=dosing pharmacokinetics; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=104.\n- Simon 2024: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=96.\n- Xue 2022: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=72.\n- Yu 2025: outcome=muscle function; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=54.\n- Curran 2025: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=positive; claims=109.\n- Baichuan 2023: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=mixed; claims=35.\n- Han 2022: outcome=longevity; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=3.\n- Katayoshi 2023: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=177.\n- Connell 2021: outcome=muscle function; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=148.\n- Mevenkamp 2024: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=113.\n- Martens 2018: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=97.\n- Simic 2020: outcome=dosing pharmacokinetics; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=86.\n- Okabe 2022: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=83.\n- Simonis 2025: outcome=longevity; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=negative; claims=70.\n- Airhart 2017: outcome=dosing pharmacokinetics; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=66.\n- Ren 2023: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=62.\n- Zhao 2024: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=negative; claims=55.\n- Elhassan 2019: outcome=muscle function; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=54.\n- Pei 2024: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=negative; claims=49.\n- Bai 2022: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=47.\n- Curran 2023: outcome=safety comorbidity; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=39.\n- Liao 2021: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=38.\n- Ministrini 2025: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=20.\n- Holmes 2026: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=19.\n- Christen 2026: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=17.\n- Membrez 2024: outcome=frailty; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=13.\n- Gao 2026: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=7.\n- Vreones 2022: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=2.\n- Nazari 2022: outcome=immune inflammation; directness=mechanistic; tier=C1; direction=null; claims=9.\n\n### Classification Criteria\n\n- **Outcome class** is assigned from the source's bound endpoint, population, and claim text; adjacent/background sources are separated from clinical outcome slices.\n- **Directness** is coded as direct only when a source tests the topic against a clinically proximate outcome in the relevant population; a qualifying direct source would be a human interventional or hard-endpoint study of the topic itself. Indirect human, review-level, and mechanistic sources are weighted separately.\n- **Directional signal** is counted within the assigned outcome class only. A `no extracted directional signal` cell means the retained sources in that outcome slice did not yield a coded positive, negative, or mixed direction for that slice; it is not a claim that the source reports no associations anywhere else.\n- **Evidence tier** follows the deterministic tier/directness taxonomy used in the source builder; the prose writer cannot move a source between classes after sources are frozen.\n\n### Load-Bearing Tensions\n\n- Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; Gao 2025 vs Simon 2024: surfaced tension/disagreement in Contextual Adjacent Evidence because directions are null versus unclear.\n- Yi 2022 vs Airhart 2017: surfaced tension/disagreement in Dosing and Pharmacokinetics because directions are unclear versus null.\n- Katayoshi 2023 vs Martens 2018: surfaced tension/disagreement in Cardiometabolic because directions are null versus unclear.\n\n## References\n\n- **Katayoshi 2023.** _Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial._ Scientific Reports, 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3. PMID: 36797393.\n- **Connell 2021.** _NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults._ The Journal of Nutrition, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxab193. PMID: 34191033.\n- **Gao 2025.** _NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial._ The Laryngoscope, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/lary.70173. PMID: 41035311.\n- **Mevenkamp 2024.** _Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T._ Nature Communications, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4. PMID: 39443469.\n- **Curran 2025.** _Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models._ Scientific Reports, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y. PMID: 40221506.\n- **Yi 2022.** _The efficacy and safety of β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation in healthy middle-aged adults: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-dependent clinical trial._ GeroScience, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s11357-022-00705-1. PMID: 36482258.\n- **Martens 2018.** _Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD + in healthy middle-aged and older adults._ Nature Communications, 2018. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03421-7. PMID: 29599478.\n- **Simon 2024.** _A randomized, controlled clinical trial demonstrates improved owner-assessed cognitive function in senior dogs receiving a senolytic and NAD+ precursor combination._ Scientific Reports, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63031-w. PMID: 38811634.\n- **Simic 2020.** _Nicotinamide riboside with pterostilbene (NRPT) increases NAD + in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, stepwise safety study of escalating doses of NRPT in patients with AKI._ BMC Nephrology, 2020. DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-02006-1. PMID: 32791973.\n- **Okabe 2022.** _Oral Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Is Safe and Efficiently Increases Blood Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Healthy Subjects._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.868640. PMID: 35479740.\n- **Xue 2022.** _A Combination of Nicotinamide and D-Ribose (RiaGev) Is Safe and Effective to Increase NAD + Metabolome in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Pilot Clinical Trial._ Nutrients, 2022. DOI: 10.3390/nu14112219. PMID: 35684021.\n- **Simonis 2025.** _Refining Prognosis in Cirrhosis Patients With Ascites: Impact of Acute vs. Non‐Acute Decompensation._ Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2025. DOI: 10.1111/apt.70302. PMID: 40719565.\n- **Airhart 2017.** _An open-label, non-randomized study of the pharmacokinetics of the nutritional supplement nicotinamide riboside (NR) and its effects on blood NAD+ levels in healthy volunteers._ PLoS ONE, 2017. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186459. PMID: 29211728.\n- **Ren 2023.** _Evidence of brain target engagement in Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis by the investigational nanomedicine, CNM-Au8, in the REPAIR phase 2 clinical trials._ Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s12951-023-02236-z. PMID: 38087362.\n- **Zhao 2024.** _Acupuncture as Add-on Therapy to SSRIs Can Improve Outcomes of Treatment for Anxious Depression: Subgroup Analysis of the AcuSDep Trial._ Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2024. DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S446034. PMID: 38770535.\n- **Yu 2025.** _Effect of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide on Heart Failure Caused by Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial._ American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s40256-025-00764-7. PMID: 40954388.\n- **Elhassan 2019.** _Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures._ Cell Reports, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043. PMID: 31412242.\n- **Pei 2024.** _Effects of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide on Older Patients with Heart Failure._ Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2024. DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2508297. PMID: 39228487.\n- **Bai 2022.** _Relationship between sperm NAD + concentration and reproductive aging in normozoospermia men:A Cohort study._ BMC Urology, 2022. DOI: 10.1186/s12894-022-01107-3. PMID: 36182928.\n- **Curran 2023.** _The complexity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), hypoxic, and aryl hydrocarbon receptor cell signaling in chronic kidney disease._ Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04584-8. PMID: 37814337.\n- **Liao 2021.** _Nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation enhances aerobic capacity in amateur runners: a randomized, double-blind study._ Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2021. DOI: 10.1186/s12970-021-00442-4. PMID: 34238308.\n- **Baichuan 2023.** _The effects of NAD+ precursor (nicotinic acid and nicotinamide) supplementation on weight loss and related hormones: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trials._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1208734. PMID: 37854354.\n- **Ministrini 2025.** _A Liposomal Formulation Enhances the Anti-Senescence Properties of Nicotinamide Adenine-Dinucleotide (NAD + ) in Endothelial Cells and Keratinocytes._ Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/cimb47090722. PMID: 41020844.\n- **Holmes 2026.** _Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial._ Frontiers in Aging, 2026. DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667. PMID: 42211736.\n- **Christen 2026.** _The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans._ Nature Metabolism, 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8. PMID: 41540253.\n- **Membrez 2024.** _Trigonelline is an NAD + precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia._ Nature Metabolism, 2024. DOI: 10.1038/s42255-024-00997-x. PMID: 38504132.\n- **Nazari 2022.** _Ameliorating effect of 6-week swimming exercise on mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) by reducing fetuin-A and increasing AMPK & NAD ⁺ levels in liver tissue._ Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2022. DOI: 10.22038/IJBMS.2022.65117.14335. PMID: 36159323.\n- **Gao 2026.** _SERPINE1 drives ferroptosis in acute respiratory distress syndrome by disrupting mitochondrial NAD + homeostasis and suppressing Sirt3 activity._ Redox Biology, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2026.104146. PMID: 42190562.\n- **Han 2022.** _The impacts of continuous improvements in air quality on mortality in Beijing: A longitudinal comparative study._ Chemosphere, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132893. PMID: 34780733.\n- **Vreones 2022.** _Oral nicotinamide riboside raises NAD+ and lowers biomarkers of neurodegenerative pathology in plasma extracellular vesicles enriched for neuronal origin._ Aging Cell, 2022. DOI: 10.1111/acel.13754. PMID: 36515353.\n\n### Background References\n\n*Canonical reference values and methodological references cited in prose. Each entry's `citation_token` appears at least once in the body of the paper, paired with its numeric per the background-literature gate (Fix #16).*\n\n- **Studenski 2011.** _Studenski S, Perera S, Patel K, et al. Gait speed and survival in older adults. JAMA. 2011;305(1):50-58._ DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1923. PMID: 21205966.\n- **Cesari 2009.** _Cesari M, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB, et al. Added value of physical performance measures in predicting adverse health-related events. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009;64(7):772-779._ DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp012. PMID: 19349594.\n- **Perera 2006.** _Perera S, Mody SH, Woodman RC, Studenski SA. Meaningful change and responsiveness in common physical performance measures in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(5):743-749._ DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00701.x. PMID: 16696738.\n- **Ioannidis 2005.** _Ioannidis JPA. 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Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). 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However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1002/lary.70173","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.70173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Gao 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The optimal treatment and timing for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remain debated. This study aimed to determine if the hearing improvement and recovery time were better in the NAD+ group as compared to the control group. METHODS: There was a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial conducted between June 2022 and June 2024. SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_4","claim":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) replenishment has attracted substantial interest as a candidate intervention for age-related functional decline, yet the human evidence base remains fragmented across precursor formulations, populations, and endpoint categories.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_5","claim":"This synthesis was assembled through an AI-assisted structured evidence review in which each candidate paper was classified by study design, outcome domain, and directness tier before being retained or downgraded, with an explicit audit trail linking every claim to a source.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_6","claim":"Across the corpus, the sources support the conclusion that oral NAD+-precursor supplementation consistently elevates circulating NAD+ in middle-aged and older adults but delivers context-dependent functional effects: isolated organ-specific successes (e. 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However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_22","claim":"The curated corpus for NAD+ carries a foundational gap in long-horizon clinical evidence.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1002/lary.70173","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.70173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Gao 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The optimal treatment and timing for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remain debated. This study aimed to determine if the hearing improvement and recovery time were better in the NAD+ group as compared to the control group. METHODS: There was a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial conducted between June 2022 and June 2024. SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_23","claim":"Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the endpoint inventory is dominated by pharmacodynamic and biomarker readouts rather than functional or hard clinical outcomes. Most sources measure blood or tissue NAD+ levels, NAD+/NADH ratio (Ren 2023: brain target engagement in Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis), or short-term performance surrogates (Liao 2021: amateur runners, 300/600/1200 mg/day NMN; Liao 2021 reports aerobic-capacity endpoints but with no mortality follow-up). Gait speed — a domain where canonical thresholds exist (0.8 m/s, Studenski 2011; 0.6 m/s, Cesari 2009; a 0.1 m/s change is considered clinically meaningful, Perera 2006) — is not directly measured in any source, so mobility-based interpretation must be inferred from upstream molecular signals. Adverse-event collection is also short and inconsistent: Curran 2023 (CKD context) flags that chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the global population but provides no human supplementation safety synthesis, and chronic-dosing safety beyond weeks cannot be established from this corpus.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_12","study":"Evidence of brain target engagement in Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis by the investigational nanomedicine, CNM-Au8, in the REPAIR phase 2 clinical trials","doi":"10.1186/s12951-023-02236-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-023-02236-z","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Ren 2023","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Impaired brain energy metabolism has been observed in many neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). In both diseases, mitochondrial dysfunction and energetic impairment can lead to neuronal dysfunction and death. CNM-Au8® is a suspension of faceted, clean-surfaced gold nanocrystals that catalytically improves energetic metabolism in CNS cells, supporting neuroprotection and remyelination as demonstrated in multiple independent preclinical models. The objective of the Phase 2 REPAIR-MS and REPAIR-PD clinical trials was to investigate the effects of CNM-Au8, administered orally once daily for twelve or more weeks, on brain phosphorous-containing energy metabolite levels in participants with diagnoses of relapsing MS or idiopathic PD, respectively. RESULTS: Brain metabolites were measured using 7-Tesla 31 P-MRS in two disease cohorts, 11 participants with stable relapsing MS and 13 participants with PD (n = 24 evaluable post-baseline scans). Compared to pre-treatment baseline, the mean NAD + /NADH ratio in the brain, a measure of energetic capacity, was significantly increased by 10."},{"source_id":"source_17","study":"The complexity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), hypoxic, and aryl hydrocarbon receptor cell signaling in chronic kidney disease","doi":"10.1186/s12967-023-04584-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04584-8","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Curran 2023","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Early-stage detection of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) is important to treatment that may slow and occasionally halt CKD progression. CKD of diverse etiologies share similar histologic patterns of glomerulosclerosis, tubular atrophy, and interstitial fibrosis. Macro-vascular disease and micro-vascular disease promote tissue ischemia, contributing to injury. Tissue ischemia promotes hypoxia, and this in turn activates the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs). HIF-1α and HIF-2α, share a dimer partner, HIF-1β, with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and are each activated in CKD and associated with kidney cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) depletion. The Preiss-Handler, salvage, and de novo pathways regulate NAD biosynthesis and gap-junctions regulate NAD cellular retention. In the Preiss-Handler pathway, niacin forms NAD. Niacin also exhibits crosstalk with HIF and AHR cell signals in the regulation of insulin sensitivity, which is a complication in CKD."},{"source_id":"source_18","study":"Nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation enhances aerobic capacity in amateur runners: a randomized, double-blind study","doi":"10.1186/s12970-021-00442-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12970-021-00442-4","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Liao 2021","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Recent studies in rodents indicate that a combination of exercise training and supplementation with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursors has synergistic effects. However, there are currently no human clinical trials analyzing this. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the effects of a combination of exercise training and supplementation with nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), the immediate precursor of NAD + , on cardiovascular fitness in healthy amateur runners. METHODS: A six-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, four-arm clinical trial including 48 young and middle-aged recreationally trained runners of the Guangzhou Pearl River running team was conducted. The participants were randomized into four groups: the low dosage group (300 mg/day NMN), the medium dosage group (600 mg/day NMN), the high dosage group (1200 mg/day NMN), and the control group (placebo). Each group consisted of ten male participants and two female participants. Each training session was 40-60 min, and the runners trained 5-6 times each week."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_24","claim":"The corpus contains genuine mechanistic and cross-species evidence that does not translate directly to clinical claims. Curran 2025 is a meta-analysis of niacin and NAD-metabolite treatment in infectious-disease animal studies, not in humans, and its positive directional signal (effect direction: positive) cannot be aggregated with human RCT effect sizes. As a methodological matter, surrogate associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005), and the most defensible reading of the corpus is that the mechanistic-to-clinical bridge remains incomplete for skeletal-muscle, infectious-disease, and frailty indications until adequately powered human trials with functional endpoints are available.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_5","study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Curran 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_25","claim":"For NAD+ effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus may support NAD+ effects as a general health or lifestyle intervention where otherwise indicated, but does not justify marketing it as a standalone geroprotective or anti-aging intervention with proven hard-longevity effects. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_26","claim":"This synthesis maps 30 included sources on NAD+ Effects across 8 outcome classes and 146 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1002/lary.70173","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.70173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Gao 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The optimal treatment and timing for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remain debated. This study aimed to determine if the hearing improvement and recovery time were better in the NAD+ group as compared to the control group. METHODS: There was a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial conducted between June 2022 and June 2024. SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_27","claim":"Across 30 curated reference papers, the evidence base for NAD+ shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: frailty. Negative signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Null findings dominate: contextual other, dosing pharmacokinetics. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The NAD+ anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_28","claim":"The strongest unresolved contrast is the disagreement between Zhao 2024 and Curran 2025 on contextual adjacent evidence (severity 5/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. 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OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_29","claim":"Prior reviews in the corpus (Curran 2025, Baichuan 2023, Han 2022) emphasize convergent signals on NAD+ Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. 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SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). 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This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_30","claim":"| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1.","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1002/lary.70173","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.70173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Gao 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The optimal treatment and timing for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remain debated. This study aimed to determine if the hearing improvement and recovery time were better in the NAD+ group as compared to the control group. METHODS: There was a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial conducted between June 2022 and June 2024. SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively.","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]}]}},{"name":"claim_graph.json","media_type":"application/json","content":{"publication_id":"941512c2-b114-4c13-986c-205ddb9531a5","content_hash":"sha256:a264715ae695c782b697792d4758197a7bf9371e18ec1a0c570b8404aa0a45fa","nodes":[{"id":"941512c2-b114-4c13-986c-205ddb9531a5","type":"publication","title":"Hypothesis-Generating Brief: NAD+ Effects — full paper"},{"id":"claim_1","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 25/30 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. This synthesis tests the thesis that evidence for NAD+ Effects is context-dependent, separating outcome-specific signals from broader claims and identifying the evidence gaps that should bound interpretation. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) replenishment has attracted substantial interest as a candidate intervention for age-related functional decline, yet the human evidence base remains fragmented across precursor formulations, populations, and endpoint categories. This synthesis was assembled through an AI-assisted structured evidence review in which each candidate paper was classified by study design, outcome domain, and directness tier before being retained or downgraded, with an explicit audit trail linking every claim to a source. Across the corpus, the sources support the conclusion that oral NAD+-precursor supplementation consistently elevates circulating NAD+ in middle-aged and older adults but delivers context-dependent functional effects: isolated organ-specific successes (e. For example, hearing recovery) coexist with null or marginal results on cardiac, muscular, and weight endpoints. **Evidence-abstraction note."},{"id":"claim_2","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 25/30 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims."},{"id":"claim_3","type":"claim","text":"This synthesis tests the thesis that evidence for NAD+ Effects is context-dependent, separating outcome-specific signals from broader claims and identifying the evidence gaps that should bound interpretation."},{"id":"claim_4","type":"claim","text":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) replenishment has attracted substantial interest as a candidate intervention for age-related functional decline, yet the human evidence base remains fragmented across precursor formulations, populations, and endpoint categories."},{"id":"claim_5","type":"claim","text":"This synthesis was assembled through an AI-assisted structured evidence review in which each candidate paper was classified by study design, outcome domain, and directness tier before being retained or downgraded, with an explicit audit trail linking every claim to a source."},{"id":"claim_6","type":"claim","text":"Across the corpus, the sources support the conclusion that oral NAD+-precursor supplementation consistently elevates circulating NAD+ in middle-aged and older adults but delivers context-dependent functional effects: isolated organ-specific successes (e. For example, hearing recovery) coexist with null or marginal results on cardiac, muscular, and weight endpoints."},{"id":"claim_7","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-abstraction note.** The 30 retained reference papers are not 30 independent primary clinical trials: 25 are review, indirect, mechanistic, or registered-protocol source-level summaries, and 5 are classified as direct interventional evidence. Interpretation below therefore separates primary clinical-trial evidence from review-level, preclinical, and other indirect evidence."},{"id":"claim_8","type":"claim","text":"This manuscript is reported as a Thin-corpus evidence brief. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-nad_effects-v06-DAILY-2026-06-24T00-20-28Z-R2`."},{"id":"claim_9","type":"claim","text":"The following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text."},{"id":"claim_10","type":"claim","text":"Risk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification."},{"id":"claim_11","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, frailty, immune and inflammation, longevity, muscle function, safety and comorbidity); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates."},{"id":"claim_12","type":"claim","text":"Source retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified."},{"id":"claim_13","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |"},{"id":"claim_14","type":"claim","text":"| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=16; claims=915 | no extracted directional signal in 8/16 sources | 3 direct; 12 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |"},{"id":"claim_15","type":"claim","text":"Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim."},{"id":"claim_16","type":"claim","text":"This evidence brief reports outcome packets as a map of retained evidence rather than as a full journal Results narrative or pooled effect estimate."},{"id":"claim_17","type":"claim","text":"16 included sources were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: negative=2, null=8, positive=1, unclear=5. Directness coding: direct=3, indirect=12, review=1."},{"id":"claim_18","type":"claim","text":"Evidence for this outcome class is represented in the structured results table, but the retained narrative paragraphs were more strongly assigned to adjacent outcome classes. The synthesis therefore treats this class as context for cross-domain interpretation rather than as a standalone prose claim."},{"id":"claim_19","type":"claim","text":"1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1. Directness coding: mechanistic=1."},{"id":"claim_20","type":"claim","text":"1 included source were assigned to this outcome class. Directional coding: null=1. Directness coding: indirect=1."},{"id":"claim_21","type":"claim","text":"Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim."},{"id":"claim_22","type":"claim","text":"The curated corpus for NAD+ carries a foundational gap in long-horizon clinical evidence."},{"id":"claim_23","type":"claim","text":"Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the endpoint inventory is dominated by pharmacodynamic and biomarker readouts rather than functional or hard clinical outcomes. Most sources measure blood or tissue NAD+ levels, NAD+/NADH ratio (Ren 2023: brain target engagement in Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis), or short-term performance surrogates (Liao 2021: amateur runners, 300/600/1200 mg/day NMN; Liao 2021 reports aerobic-capacity endpoints but with no mortality follow-up). Gait speed — a domain where canonical thresholds exist (0.8 m/s, Studenski 2011; 0.6 m/s, Cesari 2009; a 0.1 m/s change is considered clinically meaningful, Perera 2006) — is not directly measured in any source, so mobility-based interpretation must be inferred from upstream molecular signals. Adverse-event collection is also short and inconsistent: Curran 2023 (CKD context) flags that chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the global population but provides no human supplementation safety synthesis, and chronic-dosing safety beyond weeks cannot be established from this corpus."},{"id":"claim_24","type":"claim","text":"The corpus contains genuine mechanistic and cross-species evidence that does not translate directly to clinical claims. Curran 2025 is a meta-analysis of niacin and NAD-metabolite treatment in infectious-disease animal studies, not in humans, and its positive directional signal (effect direction: positive) cannot be aggregated with human RCT effect sizes. As a methodological matter, surrogate associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity (Ioannidis 2005), and the most defensible reading of the corpus is that the mechanistic-to-clinical bridge remains incomplete for skeletal-muscle, infectious-disease, and frailty indications until adequately powered human trials with functional endpoints are available."},{"id":"claim_25","type":"claim","text":"For NAD+ effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus may support NAD+ effects as a general health or lifestyle intervention where otherwise indicated, but does not justify marketing it as a standalone geroprotective or anti-aging intervention with proven hard-longevity effects. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging."},{"id":"claim_26","type":"claim","text":"This synthesis maps 30 included sources on NAD+ Effects across 8 outcome classes and 146 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit."},{"id":"claim_27","type":"claim","text":"Across 30 curated reference papers, the evidence base for NAD+ shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: frailty. Negative signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Null findings dominate: contextual other, dosing pharmacokinetics. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The NAD+ anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established."},{"id":"claim_28","type":"claim","text":"The strongest unresolved contrast is the disagreement between Zhao 2024 and Curran 2025 on contextual adjacent evidence (severity 5/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over."},{"id":"claim_29","type":"claim","text":"Prior reviews in the corpus (Curran 2025, Baichuan 2023, Han 2022) emphasize convergent signals on NAD+ Effects. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary."},{"id":"claim_30","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |"},{"id":"source_1","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2023,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29787-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Katayoshi 2023","excerpt":"Many animal studies have shown that oral administration of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) prevents the reduction of NAD + levels in organs and tissues, helping alleviate aging-related diseases. However, there are very few clinical reports of NMN supplementation in humans. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the influence of a 12-week NMN oral supplementation on biochemical and metabolic health parameters. A 12-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial was conducted. A total of 36 healthy middle-aged participants received one capsule of either 125 mg NMN or placebo twice a day. Among the NAD + metabolites, the levels of nicotinamide in the serum were significantly higher in the NMN intake group than in the placebo group. Pulse wave velocity values indicating arterial stiffness tended to decrease in the NMN intake group. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups. Long-term NMN supplementation at 250 mg/day was well tolerated and did not cause adverse events. NMN safely and effectively elevated NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged adults."},{"id":"source_2","type":"source","study":"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults","year":2021,"doi":"10.1093/jn/nxab193","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab193","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Connell 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Boosting NAD+ via supplementation with niacin equivalents has been proposed as a potential modality capable of promoting healthy aging and negating age-dependent declines of skeletal muscle mass and function. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the efficacy of NAD+-precursor supplementation (tryptophan, nicotinic acid, and nicotinamide) on skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in physically compromised older adults. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted in 14 (female/male: 4/10) community-dwelling, older adults with impaired physical function [age, 72.9 ± 4.0 years; BMI, 25.2 ± 2.3 kg/m2]. Participants were supplemented with 207.5 mg niacin equivalents/day [intervention (INT)] and a control product (CON) that did not contain niacin equivalents, each for 32 days. The primary outcomes tested were mitochondrial oxidative capacity and exercise efficiency, analyzed by means of paired Student's t-tests. Secondary outcomes, such as NAD+ concentrations, were analyzed accordingly. RESULTS: Following supplementation, skeletal muscle NAD+ concentrations [7.5 ± 1.9 compared with 7.9 ± 1."},{"id":"source_3","type":"source","study":"NAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery in Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Randomized Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1002/lary.70173","url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.70173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Gao 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: The optimal treatment and timing for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remain debated. This study aimed to determine if the hearing improvement and recovery time were better in the NAD+ group as compared to the control group. METHODS: There was a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial conducted between June 2022 and June 2024. SSNHL patients were randomly divided into two groups: the NAD+ group (NAD+ plus standard treatment, n = 18) and the control group (standard treatment, n = 20). The primary outcomes were PTA improvement, recovery rate per Siegel's criteria, and average recovery time, measured from baseline to 3-month follow-ups. RESULTS: The study with 38 participants (average age 41.74 years, 78.98% male, 42.11% right ear, average Pre-PTA 76.88 dB HL) showed that the NAD+ group experienced significantly greater hearing improvement (40.21 dB HL) compared to the control group (23.06 dB HL, t = 2.722, p = 0.010). The effective rate was higher in the NAD+ group (94.44% vs. 60.00%, Z = -3.014, p = 0.003). Significant group × time interactions were noted in the NAD+ group (F = 2.867, p = 0."},{"id":"source_4","type":"source","study":"Development of a 31 P magnetic resonance spectroscopy technique to quantify NADH and NAD + at 3 T","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53292-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mevenkamp 2024","excerpt":"NADH and NAD + act as electron donors and acceptors and NAD + was shown to stimulate mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic health. We here develop a non-invasive Phosphorous Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ( 31 P-MRS) method to quantify these metabolites in human skeletal muscle on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner. This new MR-sequence enables NADH and NAD+ quantification by suppressing α-ATP signal, normally overlapping with NADH and NAD + . The sequence is based on a double spin echo in combination with a modified z-Filter achieving strong α-ATP suppression with little effect on NAD + and NADH. Here we test and validate it in phantoms and in humans by measuring reproducibility and detecting a physiological decrease in NAD + and increase in NADH induced by ischemia. Furthermore, the 31 P-MRS outcomes are compared to analysis in biopsies. Additionally, we show higher NAD + and lower NADH content in physically active older adults compared to sedentary individuals, reflecting increased metabolic health."},{"id":"source_5","type":"source","study":"Meta-analysis of niacin and NAD metabolite treatment in infectious disease animal studies suggests benefit but requires confirmation in clinically relevant models","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-95735-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Curran 2025","excerpt":"Disruption of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis and function during infection may impair host defenses and aggravate inflammatory and oxidative organ injury. Increasingly, studies are investigating whether niacin or NAD metabolite treatment is beneficial in infection and sepsis animal models. We examined whether this preclinical experience supports clinical trials. A systematic review of three data bases was conducted through 2/29/2024 and a meta-analysis was performed comparing niacin or NAD metabolite treatment to control in adult animal models employing microbial challenges. Fifty-six studies met inclusion criteria, with 24 published after 2019. Most studies employed mouse (n = 40 studies) or rat (n = 12) models and administered either a bacterial toxin (n = 28) or bacterial (n = 19) challenge. Four and three studies employed viral or fungal challenges respectively. Studies investigated an NAD metabolite alone (n = 44), niacin alone (n = 9), or both (n = 3), usually administered before or within 24h after challenge (n = 50). Only three and four studies included standard antimicrobial support or started treatment > 24h after challenge respectively."},{"id":"source_6","type":"source","study":"The efficacy and safety of β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation in healthy middle-aged adults: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-dependent clinical trial","year":2022,"doi":"10.1007/s11357-022-00705-1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00705-1","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Yi 2022","excerpt":"In animal studies, β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation increases nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) concentrations and improves healthspan and lifespan with great safety. However, it is unclear if these effects can be transferred to humans. This randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-dependent clinical trial included 80 middle-aged healthy adults being randomized for a 60-day clinical trial with once daily oral dosing of placebo, 300 mg, 600 mg, or 900 mg NMN. The primary objective was to evaluate blood NAD concentration with dose-dependent regimens. The secondary objectives were to assess the safety and tolerability of NMN supplementation, next to the evaluation of clinical efficacy by measuring physical performance (six-minute walking test), blood biological age (Aging.Ai 3.0 calculator), Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), and subjective general health assessment [36-Item Short Form Survey Instrument (SF-36)]. Statistical analysis was performed using the Per Protocol analysis with significant level set at p = 0.05. All 80 participants completed the trial without trial protocol violation."},{"id":"source_7","type":"source","study":"A randomized, controlled clinical trial demonstrates improved owner-assessed cognitive function in senior dogs receiving a senolytic and NAD+ precursor combination","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-024-63031-w","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63031-w","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Simon 2024","excerpt":"Age-related decline in mobility and cognition are associated with cellular senescence and NAD + depletion in dogs and people. A combination of a novel NAD + precursor and senolytic, LY-D6/2, was examined in this randomized controlled trial. Seventy dogs with mild to moderate cognitive impairment were enrolled and allocated into placebo, low or full dose groups. Primary outcomes were change in cognitive impairment measured with the owner-reported Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Rating (CCDR) scale and change in activity measured with physical activity monitors. Fifty-nine dogs completed evaluations at the 3-month primary endpoint, and 51 reached the 6-month secondary endpoint. There was a significant difference in CCDR score across treatment groups from baseline to the primary endpoint (p = 0.02) with the largest decrease in the full dose group. No difference was detected between groups using in house cognitive testing. There were no significant differences between groups in changes in measured activity."},{"id":"source_8","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide riboside with pterostilbene (NRPT) increases NAD + in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, stepwise safety study of escalating doses of NRPT in patients with AKI","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s12882-020-02006-1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02006-1","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Simic 2020","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Preclinical studies have identified both NAD + and sirtuin augmentation as potential strategies for the prevention and treatment of AKI. Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a NAD + precursor vitamin and pterostilbene (PT) is potent sirtuin activator found in blueberries. Here, we tested the effect of combined NR and PT (NRPT) on whole blood NAD + levels and safety parameters in patients with AKI. METHODS: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of escalating doses of NRPT in 24 hospitalized patients with AKI. The study was comprised of four Steps during which NRPT (5 subjects) or placebo (1 subject) was given twice a day for 2 days. NRPT dosing was increased in each Step: Step 1250/50 mg, Step 2500/100 mg, Step 3750/150 mg and Step 41,000/200 mg. Blood NAD + levels were measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and safety was assessed by history, physical exam, and clinical laboratory testing. RESULTS: AKI resulted in a 50% reduction in whole blood NAD + levels at 48 h compared to 0 h in patients receiving placebo (p = 0.05)."},{"id":"source_9","type":"source","study":"Oral Administration of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide Is Safe and Efficiently Increases Blood Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Levels in Healthy Subjects","year":2022,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2022.868640","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.868640","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Okabe 2022","excerpt":"Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NNM) is an orally bioavailable NAD + precursor that has demonstrated beneficial effects against aging and aging-associated diseases in animal models. NMN is ultimately converted to NAD + , a redox cofactor that mediates many metabolic enzymes. NAD + also serves as the substrate for poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and sirtuins, and regulates various biological processes, such as metabolism, DNA repair, gene expression, and stress responses. Previous mouse models showed that NMN administration can increase NAD + in various organs and ameliorate aging-related diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, and Alzheimer's disease through NAD + -mediated pathways. However, evidence of its effect on humans is still scarce. In this study, we conducted a placebo-controlled, randomized, double blind, parallel-group trial to investigate the safety of orally administered NMN and its efficacy to increase NAD + levels in thirty healthy subjects. Healthy volunteers received 250 mg/day of NMN ( n = 15) or placebo ( n = 15) for 12 weeks, and physiological and laboratory tests were performed during this period."},{"id":"source_10","type":"source","study":"A Combination of Nicotinamide and D-Ribose (RiaGev) Is Safe and Effective to Increase NAD + Metabolome in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Pilot Clinical Trial","year":2022,"doi":"10.3390/nu14112219","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14112219","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Xue 2022","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is an essential cofactor required for proper functioning of all cells and its decline is correlated with advancing age and disease. This randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study assessed the efficacy and safety of a combination of nicotinamide with D-ribose (RiaGev) for NAD metabolome enhancement and related benefits in healthy middle-aged adults. Supplementing with 1520 mg RiaGev twice daily for 7 days significantly increased the NAD + metabolome in blood, especially NADP + by 27% compared to the placebo group ( p = 0.033) and over the baseline ( p = 0.007). Increases in glutathione and high energy phosphates were also observed in the blood. Seven-day supplementation with RiaGev significantly ( p = 0.013) reduced overall blood glucose without significant changes in insulin secretion ( p = 0.796), suggesting an improved insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. The waking salivary cortisol of the subjects steadily and significantly decreased ( p = 0.026) in the RiaGev group in contrast to the placebo."},{"id":"source_11","type":"source","study":"Refining Prognosis in Cirrhosis Patients With Ascites: Impact of Acute vs. Non‐Acute Decompensation","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/apt.70302","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.70302","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Simonis 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: A more granular understanding of hepatic decompensation in cirrhosis has led to the classification of acute decompensation (AD) and non-acute decompensation (NAD). In this study, we assessed differences in the clinical course of AD versus NAD in patients with ascites as the first decompensation event. METHODS: 505 cirrhosis patients with ascites as first decompensation were included in this single-center longitudinal cohort study and followed until further decompensation, orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), or death. AD was defined as grade 3 ascites or ascites with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) or acute-kidney injury (AKI), while NAD was defined as grade 2 ascites. Hospitalisation was recorded. RESULTS: Among 505 patients, 296 (58.6%) met the criteria for AD, with 216 (73.0%) requiring hospitalisation. NAD occurred in 209 (41.4%), with 107 (51.2%) requiring hospitalisation. During a median 4.4-year follow-up, further decompensation occurred in 65.1%, acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) in 27.7%, 10.9% underwent OLT, and 51.1% died."},{"id":"source_12","type":"source","study":"Evidence of brain target engagement in Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis by the investigational nanomedicine, CNM-Au8, in the REPAIR phase 2 clinical trials","year":2023,"doi":"10.1186/s12951-023-02236-z","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-023-02236-z","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Ren 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Impaired brain energy metabolism has been observed in many neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). In both diseases, mitochondrial dysfunction and energetic impairment can lead to neuronal dysfunction and death. CNM-Au8® is a suspension of faceted, clean-surfaced gold nanocrystals that catalytically improves energetic metabolism in CNS cells, supporting neuroprotection and remyelination as demonstrated in multiple independent preclinical models. The objective of the Phase 2 REPAIR-MS and REPAIR-PD clinical trials was to investigate the effects of CNM-Au8, administered orally once daily for twelve or more weeks, on brain phosphorous-containing energy metabolite levels in participants with diagnoses of relapsing MS or idiopathic PD, respectively. RESULTS: Brain metabolites were measured using 7-Tesla 31 P-MRS in two disease cohorts, 11 participants with stable relapsing MS and 13 participants with PD (n = 24 evaluable post-baseline scans). Compared to pre-treatment baseline, the mean NAD + /NADH ratio in the brain, a measure of energetic capacity, was significantly increased by 10."},{"id":"source_13","type":"source","study":"Acupuncture as Add-on Therapy to SSRIs Can Improve Outcomes of Treatment for Anxious Depression: Subgroup Analysis of the AcuSDep Trial","year":2024,"doi":"10.2147/NDT.S446034","url":"https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S446034","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhao 2024","excerpt":"PURPOSE: Anxious depression (AD) is a common, distinct depression subtype. This exploratory subgroup analysis aimed to explore the effects of acupuncture as an add-on therapy of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for patients with AD or non-anxious depression (NAD). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four hundred and sixty-five patients with moderate-to-severe depression from the AcuSDep pragmatic trial were included in analysis. Patients were randomly assigned to receive MA+SSRIs, EA+SSRIs, or SSRIs alone (1:1:1) for six weeks. AD was defined by using dimensional criteria. The measurement instruments included 17-items Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-17), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Clinical Global Impression (CGI), Rating Scale for Side Effects (SERS), and WHO Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Comparison between AD and NAD subgroups and comparisons between groups within either AD or NAD subgroups were conducted. RESULTS: Eighty percent of the patients met the criteria for AD. The AD subgroup had poorer clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes compared to those of the NAD subgroup."},{"id":"source_14","type":"source","study":"Effect of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide on Heart Failure Caused by Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1007/s40256-025-00764-7","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-025-00764-7","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Yu 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a fundamental coenzyme that plays a crucial role in cellular energy metabolism and redox homeostasis. A deficiency in NAD+ has been associated with heart failure (HF), which often occurs in the advanced stages of cardiovascular diseases. While numerous studies have indicated that NAD+ supplementation may enhance cardiac bioenergetics and function in animal models, there is limited research investigating this potential effect in human patients. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate whether NAD+ treatment can lead to improved clinical outcomes for patients with HF due to ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). METHODS: This single-center, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 180 adults diagnosed with ICM whose left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was ≤ 45% and whose New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade was II-III. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either intravenous NAD⁺ (10 mg/day) or an equivalent placebo (5% glucose/normal saline) for a duration of 7 days, alongside guideline-directed medical therapy. The primary endpoint was the Change in LVEF at 1 month."},{"id":"source_15","type":"source","study":"Effects of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide on Older Patients with Heart Failure","year":2024,"doi":"10.31083/j.rcm2508297","url":"https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2508297","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Pei 2024","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Heart failure (HF) is the main cause of death in middle-aged and older people and is characterized by high morbidity, high mortality, a high rehospitalization rate, and many high-risk groups. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is widely present in the mitochondria of cardiomyocytes and maintains the redox balance in the body, which can effectively treat HF. We sought to evaluate whether NAD + therapy has some clinical efficacy in patients with HF. METHODS: Based on using conventional drugs to treat HF, patients (n = 60) were randomized 1:1 to saline and 50 mg NAD + with 50 mL of normal saline for 7 days. The baseline characteristics of patients before and after treatment and cardiac function (N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) value) were analyzed. Serological analysis (sirtuin-1 (SIRT1), sirtuin-3 (SIRT3), sirtuin-6 (SIRT6), reactive oxygen species (ROS), and endothelin) was also performed."},{"id":"source_16","type":"source","study":"Relationship between sperm NAD + concentration and reproductive aging in normozoospermia men:A Cohort study","year":2022,"doi":"10.1186/s12894-022-01107-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12894-022-01107-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Bai 2022","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The mechanisms of age-dependent reproductive decline in men are largely overlooked. An age-dependent reduction in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) levels has been reported in multiple somatic and female reproductive tissues, including oocytes and ovarian tissue. However, the relationship between NAD + levels and male reproduction has not yet been studied. In the current study, the association between sperm NAD + level and paternal age was investigated. In addition, we also investigated whether sperm NAD + levels were related to semen quality. METHODS: In this pilot observational cohort study, semen samples from 51 male subjects who visited a university-affiliated reproductive medical center for preconception consultation (< 30 years: n = 13, 30-40 years: n = 19, > 40 years: n = 19) were recruited. Their anthropometric characteristics were recorded, and semen analysis was performed. Their sperm NAD + levels were evaluated spectrophotometrically. RESULTS: There were significant differences among the three age groups in the major parameters of semen quality. The sperm NAD + level was, however, similar among the three groups (< 30 years: 91.61 ± 15."},{"id":"source_17","type":"source","study":"The complexity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), hypoxic, and aryl hydrocarbon receptor cell signaling in chronic kidney disease","year":2023,"doi":"10.1186/s12967-023-04584-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-023-04584-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Curran 2023","excerpt":"Early-stage detection of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) is important to treatment that may slow and occasionally halt CKD progression. CKD of diverse etiologies share similar histologic patterns of glomerulosclerosis, tubular atrophy, and interstitial fibrosis. Macro-vascular disease and micro-vascular disease promote tissue ischemia, contributing to injury. Tissue ischemia promotes hypoxia, and this in turn activates the hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs). HIF-1α and HIF-2α, share a dimer partner, HIF-1β, with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and are each activated in CKD and associated with kidney cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) depletion. The Preiss-Handler, salvage, and de novo pathways regulate NAD biosynthesis and gap-junctions regulate NAD cellular retention. In the Preiss-Handler pathway, niacin forms NAD. Niacin also exhibits crosstalk with HIF and AHR cell signals in the regulation of insulin sensitivity, which is a complication in CKD."},{"id":"source_18","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation enhances aerobic capacity in amateur runners: a randomized, double-blind study","year":2021,"doi":"10.1186/s12970-021-00442-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12970-021-00442-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Liao 2021","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Recent studies in rodents indicate that a combination of exercise training and supplementation with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) precursors has synergistic effects. However, there are currently no human clinical trials analyzing this. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the effects of a combination of exercise training and supplementation with nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), the immediate precursor of NAD + , on cardiovascular fitness in healthy amateur runners. METHODS: A six-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, four-arm clinical trial including 48 young and middle-aged recreationally trained runners of the Guangzhou Pearl River running team was conducted. The participants were randomized into four groups: the low dosage group (300 mg/day NMN), the medium dosage group (600 mg/day NMN), the high dosage group (1200 mg/day NMN), and the control group (placebo). Each group consisted of ten male participants and two female participants. Each training session was 40-60 min, and the runners trained 5-6 times each week."},{"id":"source_19","type":"source","study":"The effects of NAD+ precursor (nicotinic acid and nicotinamide) supplementation on weight loss and related hormones: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trials","year":2023,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2023.1208734","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1208734","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Baichuan 2023","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Despite the fact that obesity and overweight are serious major health problems worldwide, fighting against them is also considered a challenging issue. Several interventional studies have evaluated the potential weight-reduction effect of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) precursor. In order to obtain a better viewpoint from them, this study aimed to comprehensively investigate the effects of NAD+ precursor supplementation on weight loss, adiponectin, and leptin. METHODS: Scopus, PubMed/Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane, and Embase databases were searched using standard keywords to identify all controlled trials investigating the weight loss and related hormones effects of NAD+ precursor. Pooled weighted mean difference and 95% confidence intervals were achieved by random-effects model analysis for the best estimation of outcomes. RESULTS: Twenty two treatment arms with 5,144 participants' were included in this systematic review and meta-regression analysis. The pooled findings showed that NAD+ precursor supplementation has an effect on lowering BMI (weighted mean difference (WMD): -0.19 kg/m2, 95% confidence interval (CI): -0.29 to -0.09, p < 0."},{"id":"source_20","type":"source","study":"A Liposomal Formulation Enhances the Anti-Senescence Properties of Nicotinamide Adenine-Dinucleotide (NAD + ) in Endothelial Cells and Keratinocytes","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/cimb47090722","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb47090722","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Ministrini 2025","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine-dinucleotide (NAD + ) supplementation is a promising strategy to delay cellular aging in different areas, including cosmetic dermatology. However, low bioavailability and stability of NAD + formulations are the main factors limiting its effectiveness as an anti-aging treatment. In light of the above, a liposomal formulation of NAD + (LF-NAD + ) was tested in this study and compared to NAD + alone in primary human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) and primary human epidermal keratinocytes (HEKas). Intracellular NAD + was measured using a colorimetric assay. Cell survival was derived from lactate dehydrogenase release in supernatants. Cell senescence was measured by senescence-associated β-galactosidase staining. Molecular mechanisms underlying the reported effects were analyzed by Western blot. Skin penetration of NAD + was measured ex vivo in skin explants, using infrared spectroscopy. Compared to control NAD + alone, the LF-NAD + formulation increased the intracellular NAD + content and cell survival in HAECs, but not in HEKas. Instead, a significant reduction in the number of senescent cells was observed in both HAECs and HEKas."},{"id":"source_21","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene reduces frequency and severity of undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition: an open-label, pilot clinical trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fragi.2026.1773667","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Holmes 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a metabolite of vitamin B3 necessary for the production of key hormones like estradiol. Both NAD+ and estradiol levels decrease with age. Reduced estradiol levels have been associated with undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition. Previous clinical trials have demonstrated that oral supplementation with NRPT, a combination of the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside (NR) plus pterostilbene (PT), significantly increases NAD+ levels. In the present study, the effects of a 7-day supplementation of NRPT on undesirable symptoms of the menopause transition were examined. METHODS: An open-label, pilot clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04841499) was conducted to assess the efficacy of NRPT supplementation (commercially known as Basis; a combination of nicotinamide riboside and pterostilbene) in 40 healthy women over 35 years of age, 32 of which self-reported symptoms associated with the menopause transition (MS group) and eight women who were not experiencing any (or minimal) symptoms associated with menopause (No-MS group)."},{"id":"source_22","type":"source","study":"The differential impact of three different NAD + boosters on circulatory NAD and microbial metabolism in humans","year":2026,"doi":"10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01421-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Christen 2026","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(H)) and its phosphorylated form NADP(H) are vitamin B 3 -derived redox cofactors essential for numerous metabolic reactions and protein modifications. Various health conditions are associated with disturbances in NAD + homeostasis. To restore NAD + levels, the main biosynthetic pathways have been targeted, with nicotinamide (Nam), nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) being the most prominent boosters. However, while many preclinical studies have examined the effects of these precursors, a direct comparison in humans is lacking, and recent rodent research suggests that the NAD + -boosting effects of NR and NMN may depend on their microbial conversion to nicotinic acid (NA), a mechanism not yet confirmed in humans. Here we show in a randomized, open-label, placebo-controlled study in 65 healthy participants that 14 days of supplementation with NR and NMN, but not Nam, comparably increases circulatory NAD + concentrations in healthy adults. Unlike the chronic effect, only Nam acutely and transiently affects the whole-blood NAD + metabolome."},{"id":"source_23","type":"source","study":"Trigonelline is an NAD + precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia","year":2024,"doi":"10.1038/s42255-024-00997-x","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-024-00997-x","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Membrez 2024","excerpt":"Mitochondrial dysfunction and low nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) levels are hallmarks of skeletal muscle ageing and sarcopenia 1-3 , but it is unclear whether these defects result from local changes or can be mediated by systemic or dietary cues. Here we report a functional link between circulating levels of the natural alkaloid trigonelline, which is structurally related to nicotinic acid 4 , NAD + levels and muscle health in multiple species. In humans, serum trigonelline levels are reduced with sarcopenia and correlate positively with muscle strength and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in skeletal muscle. Using naturally occurring and isotopically labelled trigonelline, we demonstrate that trigonelline incorporates into the NAD + pool and increases NAD + levels in Caenorhabditis elegans, mice and primary myotubes from healthy individuals and individuals with sarcopenia. Mechanistically, trigonelline does not activate GPR109A but is metabolized via the nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase/Preiss-Handler pathway 5,6 across models. In C."},{"id":"source_24","type":"source","study":"Ameliorating effect of 6-week swimming exercise on mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) by reducing fetuin-A and increasing AMPK & NAD ⁺ levels in liver tissue","year":2022,"doi":"10.22038/IJBMS.2022.65117.14335","url":"https://doi.org/10.22038/IJBMS.2022.65117.14335","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Nazari 2022","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting sensory and motor function in the central nervous system. Physical activities in the prevention and treatment of such conditions have shown promising results. However, their mechanisms of action have not been fully known yet and need further study. The present study aimed to evaluate the preventive effect of swimming exercise on some liver factors involved in inflammation and MS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis was induced in C57BL/6 mice, and the effect of a 6-week swimming exercise on the levels of fetuin-A, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) in their liver tissue was investigated by western blot analysis and NAD + colorimetric assay. RESULTS: The study showed that EAE induction substantially (3.5 - fold) enhanced the fetuin-A levels and caused a reduction in AMPK and NAD + amount. This is when doing 6 weeks of swimming exercise reduced fetuin-A to slightly above control. Also, levels of AMPK and NAD + markedly increased in C57BL/6 mice with EAE."},{"id":"source_25","type":"source","study":"SERPINE1 drives ferroptosis in acute respiratory distress syndrome by disrupting mitochondrial NAD + homeostasis and suppressing Sirt3 activity","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.redox.2026.104146","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2026.104146","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Gao 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by alveolar epithelial injury, inflammatory dysregulation, oxidative stress, and impaired repair capacity. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent and lipid peroxidation-driven form of regulated cell death, has emerged as a pathogenic driver of ARDS; however, the upstream molecular regulators that initiate ferroptotic signaling in alveolar epithelial cells remain poorly defined. SERPINE1 (PAI-1), a mediator of inflammation, coagulation dysfunction, and epithelial injury, is frequently elevated in sepsis and ARDS, yet its mechanistic role in ferroptosis remains unknown. METHODS: Transcriptomic analysis of ARDS datasets, LPS-induced mouse models, clinical serum samples, and LPS-stimulated AT2 cells were used to assess SERPINE1 expression. Gain- and loss-of-function approaches, ferroptosis assays, mitochondrial functional analyses, NAD + /NADH quantification and proteomics were performed to define the regulatory relationship between SERPINE1, Sirt3, and ferroptosis. TM5275 was used to evaluate therapeutic modulation of SERPINE1 in vivo and in vitro."},{"id":"source_26","type":"source","study":"The impacts of continuous improvements in air quality on mortality in Beijing: A longitudinal comparative study.","year":2022,"doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132893","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132893","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Han 2022","excerpt":"There has been increasing concern about the health effects of air pollution in China, and many measures have been implemented to control air pollution. To investigate the impacts of air quality improvement on mortality from non-accidental causes (NAD), cardiovascular disease (CD), and respiratory disease (RD), a longitudinal comparative study was conducted in Beijing. This study investigated the effects of air pollutants on outcomes across five periods (stages 1-5). Health effect data from stage1-5 (1990-2013) were obtained through a systematic literature search of studies published before 2021. Daily atmospheric pollutant, meteorological, and cause-specific death data were collected to determine the effects in stage 5 (2015-2017). Poisson generalized additive models were used to analyze the associations between short-term exposure to air pollutants and mortality. Random-effects meta-analysis models were used to estimate the pooled effects at each stage. The effects of changes in air quality were analyzed through a difference-in-differences approach."},{"id":"source_27","type":"source","study":"Oral nicotinamide riboside raises NAD+ and lowers biomarkers of neurodegenerative pathology in plasma extracellular vesicles enriched for neuronal origin","year":2022,"doi":"10.1111/acel.13754","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13754","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Vreones 2022","excerpt":"Declining nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) concentration in the brain during aging contributes to metabolic and cellular dysfunction and is implicated in the pathogenesis of aging-associated neurological disorders. Experimental therapies aimed at boosting brain NAD + levels normalize several neurodegenerative phenotypes in animal models, motivating their clinical translation. Dietary intake of NAD + precursors, such as nicotinamide riboside (NR), is a safe and effective avenue for augmenting NAD + levels in peripheral tissues in humans, yet evidence supporting their ability to raise NAD + levels in the brain or engage neurodegenerative disease pathways is lacking. Here, we studied biomarkers in plasma extracellular vesicles enriched for neuronal origin (NEVs) from 22 healthy older adults who participated in a randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial (NCT02921659) of oral NR supplementation (500 mg, 2x /day, 6 weeks). We demonstrate that oral NR supplementation increases NAD + levels in NEVs and decreases NEV levels of Aβ42, pJNK, and pERK1/2 (kinases involved in insulin resistance and neuroinflammatory pathways)."},{"id":"source_28","type":"source","study":"Chronic nicotinamide riboside supplementation is well-tolerated and elevates NAD + in healthy middle-aged and older adults","year":2018,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-018-03421-7","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03421-7","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Martens 2018","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) has emerged as a critical co-substrate for enzymes involved in the beneficial effects of regular calorie restriction on healthspan. As such, the use of NAD + precursors to augment NAD + bioavailability has been proposed as a strategy for improving cardiovascular and other physiological functions with aging in humans. Here we provide the evidence in a 2 × 6-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial that chronic supplementation with the NAD + precursor vitamin, nicotinamide riboside (NR), is well tolerated and effectively stimulates NAD + metabolism in healthy middle-aged and older adults. Our results also provide initial insight into the effects of chronic NR supplementation on physiological function in humans, and suggest that, in particular, future clinical trials should further assess the potential benefits of NR for reducing blood pressure and arterial stiffness in this group."},{"id":"source_29","type":"source","study":"An open-label, non-randomized study of the pharmacokinetics of the nutritional supplement nicotinamide riboside (NR) and its effects on blood NAD+ levels in healthy volunteers","year":2017,"doi":"10.1371/journal.pone.0186459","url":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186459","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Airhart 2017","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: The co-primary objectives of this study were to determine the human pharmacokinetics (PK) of oral NR and the effect of NR on whole blood nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) levels. BACKGROUND: Though mitochondrial dysfunction plays a critical role in the development and progression of heart failure, no mitochondria-targeted therapies have been translated into clinical practice. Recent murine studies have reported associations between imbalances in the NADH/NAD+ ratio with mitochondrial dysfunction in multiple tissues, including myocardium. Moreover, an NAD+ precursor, nicotinamide mononucleotide, improved cardiac function, while another NAD+ precursor, nicotinamide riboside (NR), improved mitochondrial function in muscle, liver and brown adipose. Thus, PK studies of NR in humans is critical for future clinical trials. METHODS: In this non-randomized, open-label PK study of 8 healthy volunteers, 250 mg NR was orally administered on Days 1 and 2, then uptitrated to peak dose of 1000 mg twice daily on Days 7 and 8. On the morning of Day 9, subjects completed a 24-hour PK study after receiving 1000 mg NR at t = 0."},{"id":"source_30","type":"source","study":"Nicotinamide Riboside Augments the Aged Human Skeletal Muscle NAD + Metabolome and Induces Transcriptomic and Anti-inflammatory Signatures","year":2019,"doi":"10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.043","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Elhassan 2019","excerpt":"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) is modulated by conditions of metabolic stress and has been reported to decline with aging in preclinical models, but human data are sparse. Nicotinamide riboside (NR) supplementation ameliorates metabolic dysfunction in rodents. We aimed to establish whether oral NR supplementation in aged participants can increase the skeletal muscle NAD + metabolome and if it can alter muscle mitochondrial bioenergetics. We supplemented 12 aged men with 1 g NR per day for 21 days in a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, crossover trial. Targeted metabolomics showed that NR elevated the muscle NAD + metabolome, evident by increased nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide clearance products. Muscle RNA sequencing revealed NR-mediated downregulation of energy metabolism and mitochondria pathways, without altering mitochondrial bioenergetics. NR also depressed levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines. 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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) replenishment has attracted substantial interest as a candidate intervention for age-related functional decline, yet the human evidence base remains fragmented across precursor formulations, populations, and endpoint categories. This synthesis was assembled through an AI-assisted structured evidence review in which each candidate paper was classified by study design, outcome domain, and directness tier before being retained or downgraded, with an explicit audit trail linking every claim to a source. Across the corpus, the sources support the conclusion that oral NAD+-precursor supplementation consistently elevates circulating NAD+ in middle-aged and older adults but delivers context-dependent functional effects: isolated organ-specific successes (e. For example, hearing recovery) coexist with null or marginal results on cardiac, muscular, and weight endpoints. **Evidence-abstraction note.","Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) replenishment has attracted substantial interest as a candidate intervention for age-related functional decline, yet the human evidence base remains fragmented across precursor formulations, populations, and endpoint categories.","Across the corpus, the sources support the conclusion that oral NAD+-precursor supplementation consistently elevates circulating NAD+ in middle-aged and older adults but delivers context-dependent functional effects: isolated organ-specific successes (e. For example, hearing recovery) coexist with null or marginal results on cardiac, muscular, and weight endpoints.","Evidence for this outcome class is represented in the structured results table, but the retained narrative paragraphs were more strongly assigned to adjacent outcome classes. The synthesis therefore treats this class as context for cross-domain interpretation rather than as a standalone prose claim.","Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the endpoint inventory is dominated by pharmacodynamic and biomarker readouts rather than functional or hard clinical outcomes. Most sources measure blood or tissue NAD+ levels, NAD+/NADH ratio (Ren 2023: brain target engagement in Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis), or short-term performance surrogates (Liao 2021: amateur runners, 300/600/1200 mg/day NMN; Liao 2021 reports aerobic-capacity endpoints but with no mortality follow-up). Gait speed — a domain where canonical thresholds exist (0.8 m/s, Studenski 2011; 0.6 m/s, Cesari 2009; a 0.1 m/s change is considered clinically meaningful, Perera 2006) — is not directly measured in any source, so mobility-based interpretation must be inferred from upstream molecular signals. Adverse-event collection is also short and inconsistent: Curran 2023 (CKD context) flags that chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the global population but provides no human supplementation safety synthesis, and chronic-dosing safety beyond weeks cannot be established from this corpus.","For NAD+ effects, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus may support NAD+ effects as a general health or lifestyle intervention where otherwise indicated, but does not justify marketing it as a standalone geroprotective or anti-aging intervention with proven hard-longevity effects. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.","Across 30 curated reference papers, the evidence base for NAD+ shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: frailty. Negative signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Null findings dominate: contextual other, dosing pharmacokinetics. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The NAD+ anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established."]}},{"name":"evidence_table.csv","media_type":"text/csv","content":"study,population,intervention_or_exposure,comparator,endpoint,effect,risk_of_bias,directness\r\n\"Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide metabolism and arterial stiffness after long-term nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial\",not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not appraised in public sidecar,primary\r\n\"NAD + -Precursor Supplementation With L-Tryptophan, Nicotinic Acid, and Nicotinamide Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Function or Skeletal Muscle Function in Physically Compromised Older Adults\",not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not extracted,not appraised in public sidecar,primary\r\nNAD+ Enhanced on Hearing Recovery 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