Drugs / Omega-3 fatty acid administration
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Omega-3 fatty acid administration

also known as LOVAZA · O3A
Developed for
hypertriglyceridemia
Investigated by
Brown, Todd, M.D., Ph.D. · GlaxoSmithKline · National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Trials 1

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 4 NCT00346697 Oct 2006 → Apr 2010 AIDS, hyperlipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia Brown, Todd, M.D., Ph.D. Completed Met primary

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 1

DateIssuerRelease
2010-11-14 GlaxoSmithKline Results New study findings show no benefit of prescription omega-3 fatty acids in prevention of recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation in affected patients gsk.com ↗
The study showed no benefit in reducing the recurrence of symptomatic AF in patient groups treated with high-dose, prescription omega-3 fatty acids and placebo.

Evidence & citations 3 cited values

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Known as Omega-3 fatty acid administration ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT00346697 ↗
Known as LOVAZA “It is 8- week randomized, double-blind trial of omega-3 fatty acids (LOVAZA, GSK, Inc) compared to placebo in 48 HAART-treated HIV-infected patients with triglycerides between...” NCT00346697 ↗
Known as O3A “We performed a randomized placebo-controlled trial of omega-3-acid (O3A) ethyl esters in HIV-infected patients with hypertriglyceridaemia, hypothesizing that O3A would decrease...” PMID 23683266 ↗ May 2013