Effect of tart cherry juice on risk of gout attacks: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Lamb KL, Lynn A, Russell J, Barker ME · BMJ Open

A published protocol rather than a result: 120 adults with gout, tart cherry concentrate against a cherry-flavoured placebo for 12 months, with the primary outcome the change in self-reported gout attacks. It is designed to test attack frequency directly, which is the endpoint the observational signal rests on and the dose-ranging trial could not reach. No results were indexed as of 2026-09-08 (NCT03621215).

Population

Adults with gout

Intervention

Montmorency tart cherry juice

Comparator

Placebo

Limitations

A protocol carries no findings. Funded by the Cherry Marketing Institute, with two of the investigators holding its grant.