Effects of Dietary Flaxseed on Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral Arterial Disease Clinical Trial

— FLAXPAD  

Official title:

A Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Study for Assessment of Dietary Flaxseed on Improving Symptoms of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00781950
• Other study ID #: 10941-011
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: October 28, 2008
• Last updated: November 23, 2015
• Start date: October 2008
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: November 2015
• Source: St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This Clinical Trial is being conducted to study how patients with peripheral arterial disease (a condition in which the blood vessels of the extremities are affected) respond to a dietary regimen of flaxseed. The purpose of the study is to examine whether or not dietary flaxseed have any effect on improving symptoms of cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the effects of dietary flaxseed on exercise tolerance will be assessed.

Description:

The proposed trial is a one year, double blinded, placebo controlled study designed to examine and compare the effects of dietary ground flaxseed supplementation in volunteers with claudication secondary to lower extremity atherosclerotic arterial disease (peripheral arterial disease). The original proposal was for a two year study duration but this was truncated at one year to insure patient compliance remained high. This patient population is likely to benefit from flaxseed because there is a high prevalence of accelerated atherosclerosis and a higher than normal incidence of arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions and stroke. This study will be focus on whether dietary flaxseed can reduce clinical manifestations of peripheral arterial disease and increase exercise capacity in these patients. Two general hypotheses will be tested in this proposal. First, we hypothesize that fewer primary and secondary events (all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, stroke, myocardial infarctions, angina, arrhythmias) will occur in patients who ingest flaxseed in their diet. Secondly, we hypothesize that dietary flaxseed supplementation will be associated with beneficial effects on exercise performance, blood pressure and circulating lipid levels. This trial will generate data on the safety, tolerability, cardiovascular efficacy and genomic response to a diet rich in flaxseed in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 110
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 40 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with peripheral arterial disease for more than 6 months.

• Male or female with claudication secondary to lower extremity atherosclerotic arterial disease. (with limited IC but not incapacitated for walking on the level) confirmed with ankle/brachial pressures< or = to 0.9 in one or both legs) or who have had a previous intervention for peripheral arterial disease.

• Over 40 years old

• Able to comply with protocol requirements

• Able to provide informed consent

• Subjects taking anti-platelet therapy medication must be on a stable dose for 3 months prior to as well as during the study.

• Subjects taking lipid lowering medication must be on a stable dose for 3 months prior to as well as during the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with ischemic rest pain in limbs, ulceration, or gangrene.

• At baseline, any condition that prevents walking on a treadmill.

• History of major bleeding.

• Patients with bowel disease (including Crohn's disease, celiac disease, peptic ulcer disease, irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulosis).

• Patients with an estimated life expectancy less than 2 years and with high baseline cardiac risk (post ischemic or diabetic cardiomyopathy with EF<40%, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class 3 or 4 angina or need for coronary revascularization procedures).

• Moderate to severe renal failure.

• Subjects that are on supplements other that those prescribed by their clinician for the entire duration of the study.

• Fish limitations (no more than 2 fish meals per week)

• Gluten allergy

• Subjects with allergies to any ingredient in the study product or placebo.

• Patients who plan to undergo surgery during the course of the trial.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Peripheral Vascular Diseases

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Flaxseed
30 grams of milled flaxseed per day in food products or on its own.
• Placebo
Wheat and Mixed Dietary Oils

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dr. Grant Pierce

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Primary Outcome Measures Include the Following Events: (All-cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Mortality, Stroke, and Myocardial Infarctions.)		1 year	Yes
Secondary	Effects on Exercise Performance, Blood Pressure and Circulating Lipid Levels.		1 year	Yes

External Links

•   Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine