A nutritional intervention study for the evaluation of health benefits of hake consumption in a high cardiovascular risk population

ISRCTN ISRCTN24439243
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN24439243
Secondary identifying numbers 33UT08011
Submission date
29/03/2010
Registration date
30/04/2010
Last edited
30/04/2010
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Ms Sandra Daponte
Scientific

C/Choupana S/N
Santiago De Compostela
15706
Spain

Phone +34 981 951 193
Email sandra.daponte.angueira@sergas.es

Study information

Study designRandomised cross-over open trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Can be found at http://www.ciberobn.es/webciber/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=6:oficina-de-proyectos&download=2:crd_proyecto33ut08011&Itemid=11 (Spanish only)
Scientific titleThe evaluation of health benefits of hake consumption in a high cardiovascular risk population: a randomised cross-over open nutritional interventional study
Study objectivesThe following main hypothesis is raised: Frequent hake intake improves the individual components of the metabolic syndrome (blood pressure, lipid profile and body weight) in patients with high cardiovascular risk, and therefore yield the specific health claims for hake labelling.
Ethics approval(s)Reference Review Board of the Comite Etico de Investigacion Clinica de Galicia approved on the 27th July 2008. An amendment was approved on the 31st March 2009.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedMetabolic syndrome
InterventionControl period:
Patients are put under basic alimentary roles of a balanced diet, except for the total absence of fish intake. This will last for 8 weeks.

Intervention period:
Patients are put under basic alimentary roles of a balanced diet, but in this case they take 7 servings of white fish a week.

During the study period, all subjects will follow medical advice as well as prescribed medications by the responsible medical team attending the patients, except for the interventions described above. All the education and information given to the patients will aim to only modify fish intake, which will always be Pescanova Hake, or total absence of fish intake. For the rest of items of the diet, following the general principles of a balanced diet, patients will be told to feel free to chose foods according to their preferences as to avoid biases which could affect a short-term study.

This is a randomised cross-over open trial, with an intervention period of 8 weeks and a control one of 8 weeks. The total duration of the trial is 16 weeks.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureSerum triglyceride concentrations, measured at the inclusion time and at the end of each intervention period (3 measurements altogether)
Secondary outcome measuresMeasured at the inclusion time and at the end of each intervention period (3 measurements altogether):
1. Other components of the metabolic syndrome as defined by the ATP III
2. Anthropometric variables: height, weight, waist and hip circumferences
3. Biochemical markers and chronic inflammation markers
4. Adherence and feasibility of the nutritional intervention
5. Erythrocyte membrane omega-3 concentrations
6. Insulin resistance (Homeostatic Model Assessment [HOMA])
Overall study start date25/02/2009
Completion date01/03/2011

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants250 Caucasians of Spanish origin
Key inclusion criteria1. Aged between 18 and 75 years, either sex
2. Recruited in outpatients clinics of the participant centres
3. Voluntarily agree with the study protocol and give written informed consent
4. Thorough clinical history and informative meeting has been performed
5. Metabolic syndrome (primary intervention). The presence of metabolic syndrome according to 2004 ATP-III (Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults) criteria will be evaluated. According to the latter, for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome, three or more of the following criteria have to be present:
5.1. Central obesity: waist circumference greater than 102 cm in men and greater than 88 cm in women
5.2. Hypertriglyceridemia: triglycerides greater than or equal to 150 mg/dL (greater than or equal to 1.7 mmol/L) or on treatment
5.3. High density lipoprotein (HDL) less than 40 mg/dL (less than 1.1 mmol/L) in men or less than 50 mg/dL (1.3 mmol/L) in women
5.4. Hypertension: systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg and/or diastolic greater than or equal to 85 mmHg, or on treatment
5.5. Fasting blood glucose greater than or equal to 100 mg/dL (greater than or equal to 5.6 mmol/L) or any other carbohydrate metabolism disorder (including diabetes and glucose intolerance)
Key exclusion criteriaThose who presented any of the following after a thorough clinical history:
1. Previous allergy to fish or Anisakis infection
2. Morbid obesity (body mass index [BMI] greater than 40)
3. Chronic renal failure
4. Creatinine clearance (CrCl) greater than 30
5. Chronic psychopathology
6. Malignancy
7. Refuse to participate
8. Fibrates treatment
Date of first enrolment25/02/2009
Date of final enrolment01/03/2011

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Spain

Study participating centre

C/Choupana S/N
Santiago De Compostela
15706
Spain

Sponsor information

Pescanova S.A. (Spain)
Industry

Rua Jose Fernandez Lopez, S/N
Chapela
36320
Spain

Website http://www.pescanova.es/

Funders

Funder type

Industry

Pescanova S.A. (Spain)

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Biomedical Research Center in Red-Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) (Spain)

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Results and Publications

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan