Bowden RG, Wilson RL, Gentile M, Ounpraseuth S, Moore P, Leutholtz BC. Effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on vascular access thrombosis in polytetrafluorethylene grafts.
J Ren Nutr 2007;
17:126-31. [PMID:
17321952 DOI:
10.1053/j.jrn.2006.07.009]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of orally administered over-the-counter omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid supplements on primary patency of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts.
DESIGN
This study was conducted with a triple-blind, permuted-block, randomized, placebo-controlled experimental design.
SETTING
Dialysis clinics with patients who, in accordance with physician diagnosis, needed a new PTFE graft.
PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS
Patients on long-term hemodialysis with newly placed PTFE grafts who were unable to receive a native arteriovenous fistula.
INTERVENTION
Patients were followed prospectively for 8 months after they had been placed into an n-3 fatty acid or control group and were monitored for primary patency.
MAIN OUTCOME VARIABLE
Primary patency of the PTFE graft.
RESULTS
The n-3 fatty acid group had a mean PTFE graft primary patency rate of 254.2 days (SEM = 51.8), and the control group had a mean PTFE graft primary patency rate of 254.1 days (SEM = 34.6), revealing no significant difference in survival time between groups.
CONCLUSIONS
No significant differences in primary patency rates were noted in the experimental and control groups.
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