Status:
COMPLETED
Does Fish Oil Prevent Depression in Pregnancy and Postpartum?
Lead Sponsor:
University of Michigan
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Conditions:
Depression
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study is designed to test whether an alternative medicine treatment, fish oil, will prevent depressive symptoms in pregnant and postpartum women who have been found to be at risk for depression. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women who are more than 12 weeks pregnant but less than 20 weeks pregnant
- Women who are found to be at risk for depression
- Women who have been treated for depression in the past
- Women with depression after a previous pregnancy
- Women planning to deliver at University of Michigan Hospital
Exclusion
- Women who have major depression or other psychiatric disorders (current substance abuse, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) at the time of screening
- Women who are currently taking anti-depressant or other psychiatric medications
- Women who routinely eat more than 2 fish meals per week
- Women on anticoagulants (blood thinners)
- Women currently taking omega-3 fatty acid dietary supplements (fish oil, flaxseed oil or cod liver oil)
- Women with bleeding disorders such as von Willebrand's disease
- Women under the age of 18
- Women with a multiple gestation (twins, for example)
- Women planning to deliver at another hospital
- Women planning to move away before 6 weeks after delivery
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
126 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00711971
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2013
Last Update
April 28 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109