MedTrace Logo

Intervention With Long-chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids From Microalgae Oil in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT01742468 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2015-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study was performed to investigate the effects of a daily consumption of n-3 LC-PUFA supplemented products (sausage, tomato spread, milk beverage) on disease activity, inflammatory markers, and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

long-chain n-3 PUFA

Dietary supplement: n-3 LC-PUFA = Microalgae oil (Schizochytrium sp., Maris DHA oil, no. 3790, IOI, Hamburg, Germany (rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)); Dosage: 8 g oil per day = 2.11 g DHA per day; Dosage form: included in 60 g sausage, 8 g tomato spread, 30 g milk powder

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

sunflower oil

Dietary supplement: sunflower oil Name: sunflower oil (PPM, Magdeburg, Germany); Dosage: 8 g per day; Dosage form: 8g oil was included in 60 g sausage, 8 g tomato spread, 30 g milk powder

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Jena

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerhard Jahreis, Professor · Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Department of Nutritional Physiology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01742468 on ClinicalTrials.gov