Cod Liver Oil for Covid-19 Prevention Study
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- COVID-19
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: A parallel-group treatment, two-arm study where participants are randomly assigned to cod liver oil or placebo (corn oil) in a 1:1 ratioMasking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: Participants, investigators, care providers, data collectors, outcomes assessors, and data analysts will be masked to the group assignment of each participant. Unmasking will be done after analysis of all primary endpoints and, preferably, also all secondary endpoints are completed. After unmasking the unmasked list will only be made available to study personnel needing this for conducting their tasks.Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 75 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Preliminary evidence from literature and an ongoing study in the investigators' lab suggests that cod liver oil may prevent Covid-19 and complications of Covid-19. In the present study, the investigators will examine whether this is actually the case by randomizing volunteers to take cod liver oil o...
Preliminary evidence from literature and an ongoing study in the investigators' lab suggests that cod liver oil may prevent Covid-19 and complications of Covid-19. In the present study, the investigators will examine whether this is actually the case by randomizing volunteers to take cod liver oil or placebo (corn oil) during the winter months of 2020-2021. The investigators also aim to explore whether cod liver oil can prevent other respiratory tract infections, as well as explore and confirm already known health effects and possible new health effects, in particular rare adverse events associated with cod liver oil use. Cod liver oil is a traditional source of vitamin A, D, and E and omega-3 fatty acids and the dose administered in the study will contain 250 ug vitamin A, 10 ug vitamin D, 10 mg vitamin E, and 1,2 g omega-3 fatty acids.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04609423
- Collaborators
- University of Oslo
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Arne Søraas, MD, PhD Oslo University Hospital
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