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A Nutritional Intervention for Arthritis

NCT01544101 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2012-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess whether, in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, a low-fat, vegan diet improves pain and other subjective symptoms more effectively than a control supplement or a placebo. The principal measure is pain as measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and disease activity as measured by number of painful swollen and tender joints, respectively. The study duration is 36 weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Vegan Diet

Vegan diet, which is devoid of animal products and minimal in fat

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

dietary supplement omega3 fatty acids aand vitamins

mixture of omega3 fatty acids aand vitamins

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neal Barnard, MD · Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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