Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (LCPUFA) Supplementation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants for The Prevention Retinopathy of Prematurity
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Official title
Omega-3 Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (LCPUFA) Supplementation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants for The Prevention Retinopathy of Prematurity: Proposal for a Prospective Randomized Controlled Masked Clinical Trial With Lipidomic and Transcriptomic Analyses
Brief summary
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Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a blinding disease affecting infants born prematurely. These infants do not have enough essential fatty acids to structurally support the retina, the nerve tissue in the eye which allows us to see. A recent study showed that giving omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids to these infants soon after birth made them less likely to need invasive treatments for eye disease. This research trial will give young infants born prematurely n-3 fish oil treatment and look at how this changes factors in the blood that promote disease. Detailed blood studies comparing infants with and without ROP will be performed and the infants will be followed over time to assess their eye development.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02486042
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 48 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Omegaven Drug
- Standard lipids (primarily omega-6 fatty acids) Dietary Supplement
Drug · Dietary Supplement
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Up to 7 Days
- 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 28, 2014
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2019
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2019
- Last update posted
- Dec 28, 2022
2014 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Diego Jacobs Medical Center | La Jolla | California | 92037 | — |
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- Last update posted Dec 28, 2022 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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