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Use of Fish Oils to Prevent Atrial Mechanical Stunning and Atrial Remodeling Due to Atrial Arrhythmia

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Melbourne Health

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Atrial Flutter
Atrial Fibrillation

Treatments

Drug: Fish oil

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00232232
2003.074

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether fish oils may be of benefit to patients with certain heart rhythm disturbances called atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter.

Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are two heart conditions that can be successfully treated in the hospital by an ablation (in the case of atrial flutter) or a cardioversion (in the case of atrial fibrillation). Ablation involves the application of high frequency energy waves to a particular spot in the heart. Cardioversion involves resetting the heart back to a normal rhythm with the use of an electric current.

Fish oil supplements may be of benefit to patients with heart problems. Recent evidence suggests that fish oils may benefit those with rhythm disturbances.

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Chronic atrial flutter requiring radiofrequency ablation.
  • Chronic atrial fibrillation requiring internal cardioversion.

Exclusion criteria

  • Sinus rhythm.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Patients > 80 years and < 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Control
No Intervention group
Description:
No fish oil
Fish oil
Experimental group
Description:
Patients prescribed 6g/day of fish oil containing 1.8g EPA+DHA in a 1.5:1 ratio
Treatment:
Drug: Fish oil

Trial contacts and locations

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