Effect of High Dose Fish Oil Supplementation After Recent Heart Attack Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Doctors use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to obtain detailed pictures of the inside of the body. This study will evaluate a new MRI technique in people who have recently had a heart attack. Researchers will also examine the effect of fish oil supplementation on heart health in study participants.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Collaborators: GlaxoSmithKline; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Experienced a heart attack in the 2 to 4 weeks before study entry

• Lives in the greater Boston area or adjacent regions (within a 50-mile radius of Boston)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to undergo an MRI because of metallic implants (e.g., pacemakers, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator [AICD]) at time of study entry

• Active cancer or any other terminal illness with an expected survival rate of less than 6 months after study entry

• Significant kidney dysfunction with a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 60 mL/min in the 2 weeks before study entry

• Inability to follow study procedures

• Pregnant

• Hemodynamic instability

• Urgent clinical need for a pacemaker or AICD

• Inaccessibility of medical records