Effect of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Toddler Cognition

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Infant Development

In brief

The hypothesis to be examined is that dietary LCP-supplementation in the second and third years of life will improve cognitive and visual maturation in early childhood.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00982462

Run by

Retina Foundation of the Southwest

People needed

116

Starts

2011-01-20

Expected to finish

2016-06-29

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-25

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Toddlers (12 months ± 2 weeks of age at randomization).
• Breast-fed or formula-fed during the first 12 months of life.
• Mother plans to discontinue breast-feeding/formula feeding by 13 months of age.
• Full-term at birth (37-42 weeks post-conception).
• English as the primary language in the home.

You may not qualify if…

• History of underlying disease or congenital malformation which, in the opinion of the Investigator, is likely to interfere with the normal growth and development of the participant or the evaluation of the participant.
• Toddler weighing <5% or >95% of the normative values in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts released in 2000 (www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/).
• Evidence of poor food intake at time of randomization.
• Parent(s) currently supplement or plan to supplement child with >100 mg DHA per day (fish, fish oil, capsules or chewables).

Where it is running

• Retina Foundation of the Southwest — Dallas, Texas, United States

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