Status:
COMPLETED
Preoperative Intravenous Omega 3 Fatty Acids Administration in Valvular Surgery Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences University, India
Conditions:
Valvular Surgery
Inflammation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
The perioperative administration of n-3 fatty acids has been shown to lead to favorable effects on outcome in patients with severe surgical interventions by lowering the magnitude of inflammatory resp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult male or female patients undergoing valvular surgeries
- Age 18-50 years
- The patients who give written informed consent
Exclusion
- Refusal to participate in the study
- Allergy to any of the constituents of nutritional products
- HIV positive patients, patients with primary diagnosis of hypertriglyceridemia, patients on long term steroid therapy and cycloxygenase inhibitors (more than 3 months)
- Severe cardiac disease, hepatic disorders (total bilirubin \> 1.5 times the upper limit of normal), psychiatric disorders likely to affect compliance, severe hemorrhagic disorders, stroke, embolism
- Uncontrolled severe renal failure (Serum creatinine \> 2 mg/dL) without dialysis/hemofiltration
- Pregnant or nursing women
- Participation in any other clinical trial within the last 2 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00890838
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
October 2 2014
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
NIzam's Institute of Medical Sciences
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India