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Clinical trialNCT00252486CompletedInterventional

Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder

SponsorUniversity of RochesterEnrollment65Bipolar Disorder
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that flax oil, as an omega-3 fatty acid, will be superior to placebo in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Our primary objective was to determine if flax oil is efficacious in the pediatric bipolar population for reducing symptoms of mania and depression. A secondary objective was to examine fatty acid levels as predictors of treatment response and symptom severity. This clinical trial evaluated whether supplementation with flax oil, containing the omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid (alpha-LNA), safely reduced symptom severity in youth with bipolar disorder.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, United States

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Drugs studied

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Flax oil
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Nov 2001
Primary completion
30 Jun 2005
Completion
30 Jun 2005
Last update posted
19 Jun 2013
Registered enrollment
65
Registry id
NCT00252486
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