Essential Fatty Acids in Adult ADHD (OCEAN-GER)

Universität des Saarlandes

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Essential fatty acids

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01798381

OCEAN-GER

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this project is to investigate the effect of a dietary supplementation with essential fatty acids in adults on cognitive functions related to attention and impulse control in the general population and in individuals with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• DSM-IV ADHD

Exclusion criteria

• any acute psychiatric disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Essential fatty acids

Active Comparator group

Description:

Omega-3

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Essential fatty acids

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Placebo tablet

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Essential fatty acids