Effect of Omega-3 Supplementation During Pregnancy on Regulation of Stress
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Healthy Pregnant Women
In brief
This will be the first study of the effect of essential fatty acid supplementation in pregnant women living in inner-city poverty on the stress response system during pregnancy. The investigators proposed that essential fatty acid supplementation will be associated with reductions in the experience of stress, more modulated hormonal response to stress, and more optimal regulation of emotion and attention in the infant, even within the context inner-city poverty.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01158976
- Run by
- University of Chicago
- People needed
- 64
- Starts
- 2009-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-05-30
Who can join
Age: 20 and older, up to 34. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- African American race
- age between 20 and 34 years
- 16-21 weeks gestation
- household receipt of public assistance (e.g., Medicaid insurance) due to -low-income
- low levels of DHA consumption as defined as less than two fish servings per week.
You may not qualify if…
- known medical complications (e.g., gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia), -regular use of steroid medications
- alcohol use
- cigarettes or use of illegal substances (by maternal report)
- use of blood thinners or anti-coagulants
- use of psychotropic medications
- Body Mass Index >40
- allergy to iodine and/or soy.
Where it is running
- University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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