The Role Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Adolescent Depression

Phase 2 Completed 16 enrolled Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a 10-week Omega-3 Fatty Acid treatment phase on brain chemistry of adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) using proton magnetic resonance imaging.

Timeline

Start: 2006-01
Primary completion: 2013-06
Completion: 2013-06

Publications

Gabbay V, Freed RD, Alonso CM, Senger S, Stadterman J, Davison BA, Klein RG. A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Omega-3 Fatty Acids as a Monotherapy for Adolescent Depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Jun 26;79(4):17m11596. doi: 10.4088/JCP.17m11596.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Omega-3 fatty acids	Unknown	3.6 g	—

The Role Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Adolescent Depression

Summary

Timeline

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