NCT01145066

Botanical Oil Supplementation in Diabetic and Metabolic Syndrome Subjects

Modulation of Biomarkers and Gene Expression by Botanical Oil Supplementation in Diabetic and Metabolic Syndrome Subjects.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will compare how well a combination of borage and echium oils will reduce inflammation compared to fish oils and placebo oil in subjects that are diabetic or have metabolic syndrome.

Conditions

• Diabetes
• Metabolic Syndrome x

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	borage/echium oil combination	borage/echium oil combination containing 0.85g/day SDA and 1.7g/day GLA
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	fish oil	1.6g/day EPA and 1.08g/day DHA
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	corn oil	contains 4.5 g/day linoleic acid

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-03-01
• Completion: 2011-03-01
• First posted: 2010-06-16
• Last updated: 2019-07-18
• Results posted: 2018-12-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study