Clinical trials: Fatty Acids
Non-verbal Learning Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Natural Treatments for the Management of Emotional Dysregulation in Youth With Non-verbal Learning Disability (NVLD) and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
This study consists of a 6-week, open-label, randomized clinical trial study to compare efficacy and tolerability of the natural treatments omega-3 fatty acids, inositol, and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in the treatment of mood…
- Conditions
- Non-verbal Learning Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
- Trial name
- NCT03757585
- Testing
- Open-label Treatment with Omega-3 Fatty Acids + Inositol, Open-label Treatment with N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Type 2 Diabetes, Dyslipidemia
Effects of Metformin on Hepatic FFA Metabolism
Background: Metformin treatment has beneficial effects on both glucose and lipid metabolism. Whereas there is general agreement that the blood glucose lowering effect of metformin results from inhibition of hepatic…
- Trial name
- NCT01729156
- Testing
- Metformin
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lars Christian Gormsen
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
High Fat/High Calorie Trial in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy of long-term use of high fat/high calorie and high calorie diets in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig's…
- Trial name
- NCT00983983
- Testing
- Oxepa, Jevity 1.5, Jevity 1.0
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Type 2 Diabetes
Study of Vitamin D and Omega-3 Supplementation for Preventing Diabetes
The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL; NCT 01169259) is an ongoing randomized clinical trial in 25,875 U.S. men and women investigating whether taking daily dietary supplements of vitamin D3 (2000 IU) or omega-3 fatty acids…
- Trial name
- NCT01633177
- Testing
- Vitamin D3, Omega-3 fatty acid (fish oil)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22,220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diabetes Mellitus
ASCEND: A Study of Cardiovascular Events iN Diabetes
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 100mg daily aspirin versus placebo and/or supplementation with 1 gram daily omega-3 fatty acids or placebo prevents "serious vascular events" (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT00135226
- Testing
- Aspirin, Omega-3 Ethyl Esters
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15,480 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Adolescent Depression
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Adolescent Depression
Aim. To provide preliminary data about the efficacy of omega-3FA in the treatment of adolescent MDD. To address this aim, a 10-week double blind, placebo-controlled study of omega-3FA, using a flexible dose titration is proposed.
- Trial name
- NCT00312897
- Testing
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids, corn oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rheumatoid Arthritis
N-3 PUFA and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Korea
The purpose of this study is to see if supplementation of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) can be beneficial for the patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Trial name
- NCT01618019
- Testing
- Omega-3 fatty acid
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- Hanyang University
NAFLD
Study of the Safety and Tolerability of AXA1957 in Adolescent Subjects With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
This is a randomized, single blind study to determine whether AXA1957, a novel composition of amino acids, is safe and well tolerated.
- Trial name
- NCT04073407
- Testing
- AXA1957
- Where
- 4 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Axcella Health, Inc
Obesity, Diabetes
Metabolic Parameters 3 Months, 9 Months, and 2 Years After Bariatric Surgery
An original cohort of 43 patients were recruited for analysis of anthropometrics, metabolic profile, skeletal muscle biopsy, echocardiogram at baseline, 3 months and 9 months post bariatric surgery.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00178633
- Testing
- Bariatric surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Prostate Cancer
Lycopene or Omega-3 Fatty Acid Nutritional Supplements in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Prostate Cancer
RATIONALE: The use of lycopene, a substance found in tomatoes, or omega-3 fatty acid nutritional supplements may keep cancer from growing in patients with prostate cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00402285
- Testing
- lycopene supplement, fish oil supplement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Hypertension
Gut Butyrate and Blood Pressure in African Americans
African Americans have the greatest burden of hypertension. Recently, the short-chain fatty acid, butyrate, has been reported to have some effect on blood pressure.
- Trial name
- NCT04415333
- Testing
- Sodium Butyrate 5 mmol, Sodium Butyrate 80 mmol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
Effects of Niacin on Intramyocellular Fatty Acid Trafficking in Upper Body Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Muscle insulin resistance is a hallmark of upper body obesity (UBO) and Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). It is unknown whether muscle free fatty acid (FFA) availability or intramyocellular fatty acid trafficking is responsible for the…
- Trial name
- NCT03867500
- Testing
- Niacin, Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Anatomic Stage IV Breast Cancer AJCC v8, Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Inflammatory Carcinoma
Testing an Omega-3 Fatty Acid-Based Anti-Cancer Therapy for Patients With Triple-Negative Inflammatory Breast Cancer That Has Spread to Other Parts of the Body
This phase Ib/II tests the safety, side effects, and best dose of icosapent ethyl in combination with dasatinib and whether they work to shrink tumors in patients with triple-negative inflammatory breast cancer that has spread to…
- Trial name
- NCT05198843
- Testing
- Dasatinib, Icosapent Ethyl
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Hypertriglyceridemia
Effects of Lovaza on Lipoprotein Composition and Function in Mild Hypertriglyceridemia
This study will build upon a previous finding that showed a triglyceride lowering effect of prescription omega-3 in combined therapy with statins.
- Trial name
- ELLF (NCT00959842)
- Testing
- Lovaza
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Sanford Research
Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure
PUFAs and Left Ventricular Function in Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that n-3 PUFAs improve left ventricular systolic function in patients with stable chronic HF secondary to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM).
- Trial name
- CS-PUFA-02 (NCT01223703)
- Testing
- n-3 PUFAs
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 133 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi di Brescia
Preterm Infants, Parenteral Nutrition n-3 Fatty Acids
Comparison of Two Different Lipid Emulsions for Parenteral Nutrition in Preterm Infants
The study shall provide evidence for the save and efficient use of a fish oil containing lipid emulsion in parenteral nutrition of preterm infants.Safety will be assessed by monitoring hepatological and hematological laboratory…
- Trial name
- NCT00497289
- Testing
- Lipofundin MCT/LCT 20 %, Lipidem 20%
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- B. Braun Melsungen AG
Bronchial Asthma
Treatment of Bronchial Asthma With Borage and Echium Seed Oils
The aim of this trial is to determine the efficacy of a combination of two botanicals oils, borage seed oil and echium seed oil, as a potential treatment for bronchial asthma.
- Trial name
- NCT00806442
- Testing
- Borage Seed Oil and Echium Seed Oil, Corn Oil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diabetes
Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial to Prevent and Treat Diabetic Kidney Disease
The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL; NCT 01169259) is a randomized clinical trial in 20,000 U.S. men and women investigating whether taking daily dietary supplements of vitamin D3 (2000 IU) or fish oil (1 gram of omega-3 fatty…
- Trial name
- VITAL-DKD (NCT01684722)
- Testing
- Vitamin D, Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,312 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Effects of Administration of SCFA in Rheumatoid Arthritis Inadequate Responders
This study is a pilot, proof of concept study to determine the effects of administering an oral short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) supplement to Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX).
- Trial name
- EASi-RAIR (NCT05718583)
- Testing
- Butyrate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Hypertension, Diabetes
Free Fatty Acids-Induced Hypertension in Obese Subjects (Aim #2)
The purpose of this study is to see if salsalate, an Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) mediated inflammation inhibitor, or carvedilol, an α- and β-blocker, will protect against free fatty acid induced hypertension, insulin…
- Trial name
- FFAADA (NCT02406586)
- Testing
- Salsalate, Carvedilol, Intralipid 20%
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University