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Do Fish Oils Prevent Restenosis Post-Coronary Angioplasty?
This study has been completed.
First Received: October 27, 1999   Last Updated: June 23, 2005   History of Changes
Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000473
  Purpose

To determine whether a dietary supplement of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) derived from fish oil would decrease the restenosis rate in patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).


Condition Intervention Phase
Cardiovascular Diseases
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia
Behavioral: dietary supplements
Drug: fatty acids, omega-3
Behavioral: diet, fat-restricted
Phase III

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Prevention, Randomized, Double-Blind

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Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Study Start Date: July 1989
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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 75 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Men and women with coronary heart disease in the native coronary arteries. Patients were symptomatic or had 50 percent or greater stenosis as defined by coronary angiography.

Patients had not undergone prior angioplasty.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000473

Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Investigator: Alexander Leaf Massachusetts General Hospital
  More Information

Publications:
Study ID Numbers: 62
Study First Received: October 27, 1999
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000473     History of Changes
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Coronary Disease
Pathologic Processes
Heart Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Ischemia
Coronary Artery Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 09, 2009