Omega-3 and Vitamin E Supplementation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether simultaneous supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E is effective in the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: alpha-Tocopherol; Tocopherols; Tocotrienols; Vitamin E; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis according American college of rheumatology (ACR)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infection

• Major joint malformations

• Simultaneous diseases like metabolic and gastrointestinal

• Being class IV according to ACR

• Drug dose fluctuations

• History of Vit E and/or omega-3 supplements during past six months

• Gastric irrigations