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Clinical trialNCT02486042CompletedPhase 2Interventional

Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (LCPUFA) Supplementation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants for The Prevention Retinopathy of Prematurity

SponsorUniversity of California, San DiegoEnrollment48Retinopathy of Prematurity
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Summary

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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a blinding disease affecting infants born prematurely. These infants do not have enough essential fatty acids to structurally support the retina, the nerve tissue in the eye which allows us to see. A recent study showed that giving omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids to these infants soon after birth made them less likely to need invasive treatments for eye disease. This research trial will give young infants born prematurely n-3 fish oil treatment and look at how this changes factors in the blood that promote disease. Detailed blood studies comparing infants with and without ROP will be performed and the infants will be followed over time to assess their eye development.
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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 California, San Diego Jacobs Medical Center

    La Jolla, California, United States

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Drugs studied

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Omegaven
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Registration & key dates

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

Start
31 Mar 2014
Primary completion
31 Dec 2019
Completion
31 Dec 2019
Last update posted
29 Dec 2022
Registered enrollment
48
Registry id
NCT02486042
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