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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02016079
Date of registration: 10/12/2013
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Joint Child Health Project, Mauritius
Public title: Effect of Omega-3 Supplementation on Child Behavior Problems
Scientific title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Omega-3 on Child Behavior Problems
Date of first enrolment: March 2010
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02016079
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Mauritius
Contacts
Name:     Tashneem Moohamed, BSc
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Affiliation:  Joint Child Health Project
Name:     Cyril Dalais, MSc
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Affiliation:  Action Research Program, Educational Priroity Areas, Mauritius
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- child

- age between 8 and 16 years

- residing in the community

Exclusion Criteria:

- fish allergy

- diagnosed mental disorder

- mental retardation

- on medication that may modify lipid metabolism

- extensive use of nutritional supplements within the previous 3 months



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 16 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Externalizing Behavior Problems
Aggressive
Antisocial
Internalizing Behavior Problems
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: omega-3
Primary Outcome(s)
Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire [Time Frame: 6 months]
Child Behavior Checklist [Time Frame: 6 months]
Antisocial Personality Screening Device [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
WISC [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
JCHP-01
JCHP-N3
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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