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Women's Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations

NCT00000481 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2017-02-14

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Summary

To evaluate the feasibility of recruiting women of different socioeconomic status and minority groups and to determine whether these women could achieve and maintain a modified fat-eating pattern. The full-scale trial sought to determine whether a low-fat diet could decrease the incidence of cancer and coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contributed funds over a three-year period to measure lipids, lipoproteins, and other cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

diet, fat-restricted

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Valerie George · University of Miami

  • W. Hall · Emory University

  • Albert Oberman · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
69 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1991-09-30
Completion
1996-01-31

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