Status:

COMPLETED

Dietary Fat, Eicosanoids and Breast Cancer Risk

Lead Sponsor:

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

40-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this investigation is to determine whether diets designed to increase plasma n3 concentrations (a low fat diet, with or without n3 fatty acid enrichment), will favorably affec...

Detailed Description

The guiding concept of our proposal is that both the total fat and the fatty acid composition of the diet contribute to a milieu associated with the risk for sex-hormone mediated cancers. Specifically...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Postmenopausal women
  • 45 to 70 years old,
  • at least one year since their last menstrual period
  • not using hormone replacement therapy,
  • BMI between 19 -29
  • willingness to discontinue use of over-the-counter medications with anti-prostaglandin activity such as aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications
  • consumption of a "Typical " American diet with no unusual dietary practices such as compliance with a strict vegetarian diet
  • willingness to comply with the demands of the experimental protocol.

Exclusion

  • Smoking
  • Known disease process, and 3) Use of prescription medications, including hormone replacement therapy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01824498

Start Date

January 1 2004

End Date

November 1 2010

Last Update

August 31 2018

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University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455