Essential Fatty Acids in Adult ADHD

Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinical Trial

— OCEAN-GER  

Official title:

The Relationship of Essential Fatty Acids to Cognitive, Electrophysiological and Behavioural Function in Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Controls

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01798381
• Other study ID #: OCEAN-GER
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: December 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2020
• Source: Saarland University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this project is to investigate the effect of a dietary supplementation with essential fatty acids in adults on cognitive functions related to attention and impulse control in the general population and in individuals with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• DSM-IV ADHD

Exclusion Criteria:

• any acute psychiatric disorder

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Hyperkinesis

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Essential fatty acids

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Saarland University Hospital	Homburg/Saar	Saarland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Saarland University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Cued continous performance test - QB-version	Motorhyper activity, concentration and impulsivity in adult ADHD patients	6 months
Primary	Wender Reimherr Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Scale (WRAADDS)	Psychopatholoy of adult ADHD	6 months
Secondary	Short and long interval cortical inhibition (SICI and LICI)	Motoric evoced potentials by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)	6 months