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. 2018 Nov 30;2018(11):CD003177. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003177.pub4

seAFOOD 2013.

Trial name or title The seAFOod (systematic evaluation of Aspirin and Fish Oil) Polyp Prevention Trial
Methods RCT
Participants NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme patients (55‐73 years) identified as "high risk" (5 or more small adenomas; or 3 or more adenomas with at least one being 10 mm or more in diameter) after their 1st screening colonoscopy
Interventions Each for 12 months:
Arm 1: EPA (ALFA capsules: 2 × 500 mg twice daily = 2 g/d) and aspirin placebo (1/d)
Arm 2: EPA placebo (capric and capryllic acid triglycerides: 2/d) and aspirin (1/d = 300 mg/d)
Arm 3: EPA (ALFA capsules: 2 × 500 mg twice daily = 2 g/d) and aspirin (1/d = 300 mg/d)
Arm 4: EPA placebo (cparic and capryllic acid triglycerides: 2/d) and aspirin placebo (1/d)
Outcomes Primary: number of patients with one or more adenomas at 12 months
Secondary: adverse events, number of "advanced" adenomas per patients, number of "high risk" patients re‐classified as "intermediate risk", number patients with one or more advanced adenomas, adenoma region in the colorectum, total number of adenomas per patient, number of patients with colorectal cancer, levels of bioactive lipid mediators e.g. omega‐3
Starting date Trial Registration entry: 6 May 2011
Trial start date: 30 May 2011
Estimated study completion: 31 July 2017
Contact information Mark Hull, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, m.a.hull@leeds.ac.uk
Notes ISRCTN05926847
EudraCT 2010−020943−10
www.seafood‐trial.co.uk
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