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NCT number NCT03926351
Other study ID # REC: 2017/1364
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
First received
Last updated
Start date October 1, 2018
Est. completion date October 2020

Study information

Verified date April 2019
Source University Hospital, Akershus
Contact Tormod Fladby, MD PhD
Phone +4792817764
Email tormod.fladby@medisin.uio.no
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is the efficacy of a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-rich dietary supplement in improving key dementia-related mechanisms and cognitive function in older people at risk for dementia. This is a randomized placebo-controlled, 24 weeks, phase 2 study of Omega 3 in people with increased risk of dementia. The aim is to explore the effects of DHA on cognitive performance (CERAD 10 word memory tests, TMT A/B, Stroop Color-Word, FAS, VOSP silhouettes, Cantab-test (RT, PAL, SWT)), biological markers (blood: CRP, NLF, TNF-alpha, MCI-1, PBMC Abeta middomain, Omega-3-index, IL, CSF: NLF, sTREM2, Ab 1-42, total and -phospho-tau) and imaging (MRI: standard structural DDI protocol including Freesurfer and WML measurements, DTI and ASL).


Description:

Earlier trials with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have been moderately promising, but these interventions often suffered from relatively low DHA concentrations. In this trial, the investigators will use a DHA-rich dietary supplement formulated using a self-microemulsifying delivery system to accelerate absorption.

Modification of innate immune activity has already been seen using DHA-rich supplements, and this type of intervention has been shown to ameliorate AD-associated PBMC profiles, and to be associated with improvements in cognition. DHA can cross the BBB, and the resulting CSF concentrations are associated with reduced CSF total tau levels indicating that DHA reduce neurodegeneration, ameliorate Abeta42 induced neuronal damage, and increase microglia Abeta phagocytosis. However, pre-clinical and pre-dementia intervention trials linked to biomarkers for the AD disease process is lacking, and therefore, stratification with respect to stage of disease process has not been performed.

Study cohort: subjects in this pilot study will be recruited from the Norwegian Dementia Disease Initiative (DDI) cohort. The DDI cohort consists of 600 participants with Subjective Cognitive Dedcline (SCD), Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and normal control subjects that have been included at dementia centres across Norway during 2012-2016. Blood samples and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been collected and are stored centrally at Ahus. A comprehensive and highly standarized clinical assessment program has been administered by trained raters (assessors). The investigators are currently performing 2-year follow-up evaluations. Genetic data including APOE-isoforms have been collected as have baseline and follow-up MRIs, PET scans (so far in Oslo and Bergen) and baseline CSF examinations (Ab, total-tau and phosphorus-tau). Cognitive assessments at baseline and follow-up include MMSE and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), CERAD 10 word memory test, Clock drawing test, Trail Making Test A and B, Verbal fluency test (FAS), visual recognition test (VOSP silhouettes), Stropp Coloraturas-Word. Data is assembled in a customised database (UiO secure server (TSD)), developed based on XNAT (http://www.xnat.org) and also connected to pipelines for image analysis. A selection from CANTAB MCI test battery including RTI (reaction time), PAL (paired associates learning test), and SWM (spatial working memory).

Study design: All subjects included in the intervention study will have completed 2-year follow-up in the DDI study prior to inclusion and will be on stable medication at least 3 months prior to baseline examinations. Based on the existing electronic CRF for DDI, social e-RCT-CRFs will be developed and programmed into the proprietary XNAT database. Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be identified by a nurse at the memory outpatient clinics and will be given a short information letter regarding the study. Written consent will be asked for. Thereafter, a medical and neurological examination of the patient will be performed, including a medical history and medication use.

This initial pilot study is a minor feasibility study with 40 subjects randomised equally to either of 2 treatment groups for 24 weeks,

Omega-3 3 capsules/day Placebo 3 capsules/day

Each study participant will take 3 capsules in the morning for the 24-week study period. The study may be followed by a larger and statistical valid study. Patients will be randomized (by means of a computerized program) to identically appearing set of capsules with Omega-3 or placebo, 1:1 (produced by BASF AS).

Optional extension study: Participants will be offered another 24-week Omega-3 capsule supply after study end, and a follow-up assessment after 1 year will be conducted, comparing those with and without continuous Omega-3 treatment.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 40
Est. completion date October 2020
Est. primary completion date October 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 50 Years to 79 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 50 years

- SCD or MCI

- No evidence of neurodegeneration (i.e. CSF phospho and total tau-levels below cut-off)

- Scandinavian mother tongue

- Completed 2-year follow-up in the DDI-study

- Stable medication for at least 3 months prior to baseline exam

Exclusion Criteria:

- Dementia (defined as MMSE < 26 and/or CDR >/= 1))

- Other dementia giving disease than AD

- Other brain disease

- Significant depression

- Unstable coronary heart disease or heart failure in need of treatment

- Systemic inflammatory diseases

- Somatic disease that might affect cognitive function adversely

- Usage of anticoagulants

- Prior radiation- or chemo-therapy possibly affecting CNS

- Relevant cancer or other serious disease with expected survival < 5 years

- Fish meal intake more than 2 times a week

- Regularly intake of Omega-3 supplements over the last 3 months

Study Design


Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
Omega-3 capsules
BASF AS is the developer of the gelatine capsules containing Omega-3 ethyl ester from fish oil concentrate, as the dietary (nutritional) ingredient. The additional capsule fill ingredients are food additives permitted in food supplements according to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on Food additives.
Olive oil
Soft gelatine capsule containing 1000 mg olive oil, refined.

Locations

Country Name City State
Norway Akershus university hospital, Sykehusveien 25 Lørenskog

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Akershus BASF AS, Pre Diagnostics AS

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Cognitive function CERAD 10 word memory test relative to placebo Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary Cognitive function Cantab RT test relative to placebo Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary Cognitive function Cantab PAL test relative to placebo Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary Cognitive function Cantab SWT test relative to placebo Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary Blood PBMC betaAmyloid mid-domain assay IVD assay Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary CSF betaAmyloid 1-42 IVD assay Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary CSF TAU IVD assay Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary CSF Phospho-TAU IVD assay Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary MRI ASL MRI procedure Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary MRI WML MRI procedure Baseline to 24 weeks
Secondary MRI DTI MRI procedure Baseline to 24 weeks
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