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Register:	ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on:	7 April 2015
Main ID:	NCT00004827
Date of registration:	24/02/2000
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Public title:	Study of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation in Patients With X-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Date of first enrolment:	March 1996
Target sample size:	46
Recruitment status:	Completed
URL:	http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00004827
Study type:	Interventional
Study design:	Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Phase:	N/A

Countries of recruitment

Contacts

Name:	Dennis R. Hoffman
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Affiliation:	Retina Foundation of the Southwest

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics--

Diagnosis of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa

Early stage disease Sufficient cone function determined by recordable ERG (30 Hz
amplitude; greater than 0.32 microvolts) Visual fields greater than 20 degrees Sufficient
rod function (greater than 3.0 microvolts amplitude)

Media clarity sufficient for fundus photography

--Prior/Concurrent Therapy--

No concurrent use of anticoagulant medication

--Patient Characteristics--

- No chronic metabolic disease that may interfere with fatty acid metabolism

- No bleeding of clinical significance

Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Male

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Intervention(s)

Drug: docosahexaenoic acid

Primary Outcome(s)

Secondary Outcome(s)

Secondary ID(s)

RFS-FDR001232

199/13351

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Ethics review

Results

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