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

SUPERIORSVG 2010.

Trial name or title Improving the results of heart bypass surgery using new approaches to surgery and medication (SUPERIORSVG)
Methods RCT
Participants Adults having coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using saphenous vein graft (SVG)
Interventions Each for 12 months:
Arm 1: fish oil supplements (2 × 1 g/d Ocean Nutrition capsules: 55% fish oils EPA:DHA 33%:22%) and SVG conventionally harvested
Arm 2: placebo and SVG conventionally harvested
Arm 3: fish oil supplements (2 × 1 g/d Ocean Nutrition capsules: 55% fish oils EPA:DHA 33%:22%) and SVG no‐touch harvest
Arm 4: placebo and SVG no‐touch harvest
Outcomes Primary: proportion of grafts occluded
Secondary: significant stenosis, adverse SVG harvesting events, composite outcome of all‐cause mortality, non‐fatal MI and repeat revascularisation
Starting date Registered on trials registry: 12 January 2010
Study start date: July 2011
Estimated study completion date: December 2016
Contact information Stephen Fremes, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (PI)
Notes NCT01047449
HHS Vulnerability Disclosure