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Borage and Echium Seed Oils for Asthma

NCT01560988 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2018-04-09

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Summary

This study plans to look at whether borage and echium seed oils (natural oils from two plants) help decrease asthma symptoms and affect cells involved in inflammation. The investigators also want to look at how these plant oils decrease the generation of inflammatory cells in people with asthma.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Borage and Echium Seed Oils

4.0 g/day borage seed oil and 7.0 g/day echium seed oil. Pills will be taken three times per day for six weeks.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Corn oil pills

Corn oils pills will be taken three times per day for six weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua Boyce, MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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