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Intravenous n-3 Fatty Acids and Sudden Cardiac Death in Hemodialysis Patients

NCT00259025

Phase 2 Completed 60 enrolled Aalborg University Hospital
RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindPrevention

Summary

The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether intravenous infusion of a lipid emulsion with a high content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids can improve heart rate variability and ventricular repolarization and reduce ventricular arrhythmias in hemodialysis patients.

Timeline

Start
2006-09
Primary completion
2007-07
Completion
2007-07

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Lovaza Other / unclassified Intravenous