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Effects of Fish Oil on Platelet Function and Coagulation

NCT03048981 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2017-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many patients undergoing surgery use naturopathic drugs, including fish oil. Fish oil has been reported to increase bleeding in patients through inhibiting platelet aggregation and prolonging of clot formation time. The Swedish Medical Products Agency recommends that patients stop taking the naturopathic medicines including fish oil two weeks prior planed surgery. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of fish oil given to healthy volunteers using point of care coagulation assessment and flow dependent Cellix instrument before and after intake of fish oil.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Fish oil

Blood samples before and after 10 day intake of maximum dose fish oil

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Skane

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Kander, MD, Phd · Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, SWEDEN

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2017-05-02
Completion
2017-05-02

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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