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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2017 Sep 9;126:25–31. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2017.08.016

TABLE 2.

Schedule of study activities

Study
Visit
Day Regimen Visit Activities
1 1 Aspirin only
  • Recruitment and Screening

  • Baseline demographics

1–10
  • 10-day aspirin free period

11
  • Blood draw 1 (baseline)

  • Ingestion of 81 mg aspirin

  • Blood draw 2 post (4 h post aspirin ingestion)

12–17
  • Continue aspirin dosing 81 mg/day

2 18 Fish oil only
  • Blood draw 3 (7 days aspirin ingestion)

  • Begin fish oil 4 g/day and discontinue aspirin unless otherwise noted by doctor

19–45
  • 28 days of fish oil 4 g/day

3 46 Aspirin + Fish oil
  • Blood draw 4 (4 weeks fish oil ingestion, before aspirin)

  • Continue fish oil and single dose 81 mg aspirin

  • Blood draw 5 (4 h post aspirin + fish oil ingestion)

47–52
  • Continue aspirin and fish oil 4 g/day

4 53
  • Blood draw 6 (7 days aspirin + fish oil ingestion)

  • Discontinue fish oil and aspirin