Effect of High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation After Recent Heart Attack Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Myocardial Infarction, Death, Sudden, Cardiac

In brief

Doctors use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to obtain detailed pictures of the inside of the body. This study will evaluate a new MRI technique in people who have recently had a heart attack. Researchers will also examine the effect of fish oil supplementation on heart health in study participants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00729430

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

358

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2014-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-01

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Experienced a heart attack in the 2 to 4 weeks before study entry
• Lives in the greater Boston area or adjacent regions (within a 50-mile radius of Boston)

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to undergo an MRI because of metallic implants (e.g., pacemakers, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator [AICD]) at time of study entry
• Active cancer or any other terminal illness with an expected survival rate of less than 6 months after study entry
• Significant kidney dysfunction with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 60 mL/min in the 2 weeks before study entry
• Inability to follow study procedures
• Pregnant
• Hemodynamic instability
• Urgent clinical need for a pacemaker or AICD
• Inaccessibility of medical records

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Shapiro Cardiovascular Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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