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The Heart Institute of Spokane Diet Study

NCT00269425 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 202

Last updated 2010-08-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a Mediterranean style diet, enriched in monounsaturated and omega-3 fats, is superior to the American Heart Association Step 2 diet, a traditional low fat diet, for improving rates of survival and cardiovascular complications in persons who have had a first myocardial infarction (heart attack).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

American Heart Association Step 2 diet

Low fat diet with patient education and diet analysis

BEHAVIORAL

Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean style diet with patient education and diet analysis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Heart Institute of Spokane

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Providence Medical Research Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Washington State Attorney General's Office

    collaborator OTHER

  • Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, Washington

    collaborator OTHER

  • Providence Health & Services

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine R. Tuttle, MD,FASN,FACP · Providence Medical Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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