Dietary Oils in Stress Pilot Study

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Psychological Stress; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000124235
• Lead Sponsor: Blackmores Ltd

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-02-20
• Last Update Posted: 1 March 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Fulltime students, aged between 18-45, has normal eating habits, has not radically changed diet in past 3m, consumes less than 2 fish meals per week on average, describes self as someone that experiences a lot of stress under pressure, willing to refrain from other medications during trial

Exclusion Criteria

allergy to seafood, aversion to taking fish oil, has taken a course of fish oil in past 3m, has a systemic chronic disease such as diabetes or heart disease, has a history of haemophilia or any type of clotting disorder, has a history of psychiatric illness, history of taking antipsychotics or antidepressants, current infectious, allergic or inflammatory response, any medications in past 2 weeks, non-sterioidal antiinflammatory medications in past 30 days, corticosteroids in past 3m, females with menstrual irregularities, females that are pregnant or lactating, poor venous access, any other condition which in the opinion of the investigators may impact on study outcomes.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The difference between groups on the Perceived Stress Scale[Baseline and 12 weeks]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The difference between groups on the Kessler-10 Scale of Psychological Distress[Baseline and at 12 weeks];The difference between groups in the ex vivo production of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1-beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha) in serum (blood analysis)[Baseline and at 12 weeks];The difference between groups on the Auditory Verbal Learning Task[Baseline and at 12 weeks];The difference between groups in red blood cell membrane DHA levels (blood analysis)[Baseline and at 12 weeks]