DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid), an Omega 3 Fatty Acid, in Slowing the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00440050. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial Of The Effects Of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) In Slowing The Progression Of Alzheimer's Disease
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether chronic DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid) supplementation slows the progression of cognitive and functional decline in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00440050
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 402 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 2007 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- May 2009 (Actual)
- Completion
- May 2009 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Sep 25, 2014
2007 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 51
- U.S. states
- 29
- U.S. cities
- 44
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama, Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | — |
| Banner Alzheimer's Institute | Phoenix | Arizona | 85006 | — |
| Sun Health Research Institute/Arizona Consortium | Sun City | Arizona | 85351 | — |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine | California | 92697 | — |
| UCSD Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Research Center | La Jolla | California | 92037 | — |
| University of Southern California Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| UCLA Neurology | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | — |
| Palo Alto Institute for Research & Education | Palo Alto | California | 94304 | — |
| UC-Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| Pacific Research Network | San Diego | California | 92103 | — |
| Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven | Connecticut | 06510 | — |
| Georgetown University Medical Center, Dept. of Neurology | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20057 | — |
| Howard University College of Medicine | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20060 | — |
| Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Florida | 32224 | — |
| Wien Center | Miami Beach | Florida | 33140 | — |
| University of South Florida Suncoast Alzheimer's and Gerontology Center | Tampa | Florida | 33617 | — |
| Byrd Alzheimer's Institute | Tampa | Florida | 33647 | — |
| Emory University Dept. of Psychiatry | Atlanta | Georgia | 30322 | — |
| Northwestern University Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer Disease Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | — |
| University of Kentucky, Lexington, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging/Neurology | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | — |
| Johns Hopkins University Division of Cognitive Neuroscience | Baltimore | Maryland | 20205 | — |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
| Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Research Program | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
| University of Michigan Dept. of Neurology | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48105 | — |
| Saint Mary's Health Care | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center | Rochester | Minnesota | 55905 | — |
| Saint Louis University, Department of Psychiatry | St Louis | Missouri | 63104 | — |
| Washington University ADRC-Memory and Aging Project | St Louis | Missouri | 63108 | — |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon | New Hampshire | 03756 | — |
| Albany Medical College | Albany | New York | 12208 | — |
| Dent Neurological Institute | Amherst | New York | 14226 | — |
| New York University Medical Center | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
| Columbia University | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester | New York | 14620 | — |
| Mount Sinai School of Medicine | The Bronx | New York | 10468 | — |
| Wake Forest University Health Services | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157 | — |
| Case Western Reserve University Memory and Aging Center | Cleveland | Ohio | 44120 | — |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
| Oregon Health and Science University Neurology | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Rhode Island Hospital Neurology | Providence | Rhode Island | 02903 | — |
| Medical University of South Carolina | North Charleston | South Carolina | 29406 | — |
| Meharry Medical College | Nashville | Tennessee | 37208 | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern-Memory Research Unit | Dallas | Texas | 75390 | — |
| Baylor University Department of Neurology | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| The Memory Clinic | Bennington | Vermont | 05201 | — |
| University of Washington/Seattle Institute for Biomedical & Clinical Research | Seattle | Washington | 98108 | — |
| University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine | Madison | Wisconsin | 53705 | — |
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- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00440050, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last update posted Sep 25, 2014 · Synced Oct 19, 2026
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