An observational pilot study of 16 weeks of anti inflammatory doses of fish oils in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the hands and the effect on pain levels

An observational pilot study of 16 weeks of anti inflammatory doses of fish oils in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the hands

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611001060932

Enrollment

Registered

2011-10-11

Start date

2012-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

THis study is a pilot study to identify the magnitude of response of fish oil to power a larger randomised control trial. It is not intervention in that subjects have already been prescribed fish oil by their treating doctor and we are simply observing this

Interventions

high dose fish oil, 5 capsules daily for 16 weeks for patients precribed 2.7 - 3.6 grams of combination DHA and EPA by their physicians

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

symptomatic osteoarthritis hands with stable doses of analgesics who meet the ACR criteria for osteoarthritis of the hands who are presribed high dose fish oil by their treating doctors

Exclusion criteria

prescence of an inflammatory arthritis and subjects unwilling to give informed consent

Outcome results