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The Fish and Fruit Study: Trial of Fish and Fruit to Improve Survival of Aboriginal People With End Stage Renal Disease

NCT00192543 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 152

Last updated 2011-08-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in patients on dialysis for end stage renal disease. Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants have been shown to be protective in the general population. A diet of fish and fruit, which will provide the fatty acids and the antioxidants is being tried in dialysis patients to assess the effect on cardiovascular disease in this high risk group.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

diet of fish and fruit

fish and fruit in specified quantities

BEHAVIORAL

fruit and fish

no drugs

BEHAVIORAL

diet only

Fish and fruit

BEHAVIORAL

regular diet

no change in regular diet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The George Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Northern Territory Government of Australia

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Menzies School of Health Research

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kerin O'Dea, PhD · Menzies School of Health Research

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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