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Status unknownNCT04803071Updated Mar 17, 2021

Omega-3 Unsaturated Fatty Acid Improves Cognitive Function in Patients With Depression

An interventional study of Experimental group of n-pufas improving cognitive formula and General fish oil formula product adjuvant treatment control group in Cognitive Impairment and Depression, sponsored by Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-17.

Sponsored by Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2020, registered Mar 2021).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
288
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 309 studies in Cognitive Dysfunction with a site in China — 143 open to participants now, 155 under way, 8 of them phase 3. Cognitive Dysfunction · China.

Planned enrollment
38th of 190
288 · median 110
Started
2020
with 23 others
No phase
138 of 309
60 open now
Registered
100th of 309
by date

Among the 309 studies in Cognitive Dysfunction with a site in China, this one is the 38th largest by planned enrollment of the 190 interventional ones, is one of 24 that started in 2020, is one of 138 with no phase, and was the 100th registered.

By phase

309 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.

No phasethis study138 · 60 open
Observational119 · 64 open
Phase 415 · 7 open
Phase 213 · 5 open
Phase 312 · 4 open
Phase 1/26 · 3 open
Phase 2/35 · 0 open
Phase 11 · 0 open

By the year they started

First in 2000; this study’s year is marked. 24 started in 2020.

Size and results

Median enrollment 110 across the 190 interventional studies, 300 across the 119 observational. Of the 90 that completed or were terminated, 3 (3%) have results posted.

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Study summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of n-3pufas on cognitive function in patients with depression

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Depression is often accompanied by cognitive impairment. At present, there is no effective drug to improve the cognitive impairment in patients with depression, and the social function and quality of life of patients are affected in varying degrees. N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3pufas) are food products with high safety and few adverse reactions. Previous clinical trials have also suggested that n-3pufas may help to improve cognitive impairment in patients with depression, but the reported results are different. We have developed a new generation of n-3pufas optimal proportion combination products and found good cognitive improvement effect in animal models of depression. Therefore, this clinical research project will screen out the depressive patients with cognitive impairment through the cognitive function battery test (MCCB) tool for schizophrenia. On the basis of routine treatment of depression, these patients will be added with the cognitive improvement formula n-3pufas capsule developed by us to explore the effect of n-3pufas formula on cognitive impairment of depression.

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Conditions studied

  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Depression
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:① the patients met the diagnostic criteria of dsm-5 major depressive disorder; ② aged 18-55 years; ③ Hamilton Depression Scale score of 24 items ≥ 20 points; YMRS score \< 6 points; ④ the score of wms-ii spatial span (assessment of working memory) in MCCB tool was less than or equal to its mean half standard deviation; ⑤ antidepressant types had not been adjusted in recent 2 weeks; 6) right handedness; 7) primary school had no change in the types of antidepressants The patients or their family members are willing to participate in the study and sign the .

Exclusion Criteria:① Merge with any other mental disorder; ② Patients with history of brain organic disease or traumatic brain injury and physical diseases; ③ abusers of drugs, alcohol or other psychoactive substances; ④ pregnant, lactating women and postpartum women; ⑤ depression; ⑥ severe suicide risk (c-ssrs assessment); ⑦ MECT treatment in recent three months; ③ continuous use of diazepam drugs in recent three months; Ⅸ long-term use of npufas in recent three months; ⑩ Long term use of anti-inflammatory drugs in the past three months.

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
288 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Adjuvant therapy trial group

    N-3pufas improved cognitive formula adjuvant therapy intervention group

    Dietary Supplement: Experimental group of n-pufas improving cognitive formula

  • Active comparator
    Adjuvant treatment control group

    General fish oil formula product adjuvant treatment control group

    Dietary Supplement: General fish oil formula product adjuvant treatment control group

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo assisted treatment control group

    Dietary Supplement: Placebo assisted treatment group

  • No intervention
    Healthy group

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementExperimental group of n-pufas improving cognitive formula

    Three times a day, one capsule of n-3pufas improvement cognitive formula capsule (once in the morning, in the evening) and routine treatment for depression, lasting for 12 weeks

  • Dietary supplementGeneral fish oil formula product adjuvant treatment control group

    The control group: 1 capsule of general fish oil formula (once in the morning, in the evening) three times a day, plus routine treatment for depression, lasting for 12 weeks

  • Dietary supplementPlacebo assisted treatment group

    Three times a day, one capsule of placebo adjuvant therapy (once in the morning, one in the evening) and conventional treatment of depression for 12 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. General information

    Including gender, age, nationality, marriage, occupation, education level, education years, physical history, drug allergy history, tobacco and alcohol use.

    Time frame: At baseline

  2. Clinical data

    Including the age of the first onset, the total course of disease, the course of the disease, the number of attacks, past medical history, family history, suicide and self injury.

    Time frame: At baseline

  3. Cognitive function assessment

    Six cognitive dimensions, including processing speed, attention, working memory, language learning and memory, visual learning and memory, and executive function, were assessed by using standardized set of computer cognitive test (MCCB) based on MCCB, together with TONI-3 and tower of London (tower of London).

    Time frame: At baseline, at the end of the 4th, 8th and 12th week

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Guangzhou Brain Hospital (Guangzhou Huiai Hospital)
    Guanzhou, Guangdong 510370, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Oct 2020 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2022, 24 months after the start.

Of 1,442 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Cognitive Dysfunction, half reached primary completion within 27 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 13 and three quarters within 51. This study's planned 24 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,511 studies reached it within 27 months; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 50.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 15, 2021
First posted
Mar 17, 2021
StartActual
Oct 1, 2020
Primary completionEst.
Oct 1, 2022
CompletionEst.
Oct 1, 2022
Last update
Mar 17, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 17, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04803071
Lead sponsor
Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital
Responsible party
Kangguang Lin (Dr., Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 17, 2021
Start date
Oct 1, 2020
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 1, 2022 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 17, 2021

Study contacts

Lin kangguang, PHD,MD
Contact
klin@connect.hku.hk
86-02081268189
kangguang Lin, PHD,MD
principal investigator · Guangzhou Psychiatric Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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