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SUBMITTER: Bassuk SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4818165 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bassuk Shari S SS Manson JoAnn E JE Lee I-Min IM Cook Nancy R NR Christen William G WG Bubes Vadim Y VY Gordon David S DS Copeland Trisha T Friedenberg Georgina G D'Agostino Denise M DM Ridge Claire Y CY MacFadyen Jean G JG Kalan Kate K Buring Julie E JE
Contemporary clinical trials 20160106
Evidence for a role of supplemental vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acids in preventing cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains inconclusive and insufficient to inform nutritional recommendations for primary prevention. The VITamin D and Omega-A 3 TriaL (VITAL) is an ongoing nationwide, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial designed to fill this knowledge gap. The study population consists of 25,874 U.S. adults without cancer or CVD at baseline, who were selected ...[more]