Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL)
Brief Summary: The VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) is a randomized clinical trial in 25,871 U.S. men and women investigating whether taking daily dietary supplements of vitamin D3 (2000 IU) or omega-3 fatty acids (Omacor® fish oil, 1 gram) reduces the risk of developing cancer, heart disease, and stroke in people who do not have a prior history of these illnesses. The 5-year intervention phase (study pill-taking, median 5.3 years) has ended; post-intervention observational follow-up of study participants is ongoing.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with peripheral arterial disease for more than 6 months.
* Male or female with claudication secondary to lower extremity atherosclerotic arterial disease. (with limited IC but not incapacitated for walking on the level) confirmed with ankle/brachial pressures\< or = to 0.9 in one or both legs) or who have had a previous intervention for peripheral arterial disease.
* Over 40 years old
* Able to comply with protocol requirements
* Able to provide informed consent
* Subjects taking anti-platelet therapy medication must be on a stable dose for 3 months prior to as well as during the study.
* Subjects taking lipid lowering medication must be on a stable dose for 3 months prior to as well as during the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with ischemic rest pain in limbs, ulceration, or gangrene.
* At baseline, any condition that prevents walking on a treadmill.
* History of major bleeding.
* Patients with bowel disease (including Crohn's disease, celiac disease, peptic ulcer disease, irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulosis).
* Patients with an estimated life expectancy less than 2 years and with high baseline cardiac risk (post ischemic or diabetic cardiomyopathy with EF\<40%, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class 3 or 4 angina or need for coronary revascularization procedures).
* Moderate to severe renal failure.
* Subjects that are on supplements other that those prescribed by their clinician for the entire duration of the study.
* Fish limitations (no more than 2 fish meals per week)
* Gluten allergy
* Subjects with allergies to any ingredient in the study product or placebo.
* Patients who plan to undergo surgery during the course of the trial.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of definite NASH
* Patients with diabetes taking stable doses of anti-diabetic agents are eligible
* No significant concomitant medical illness

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of cirrhosis.
* Serum ALT \> 300 U/L
* Use of drugs associated with steatohepatitis
* Use of the following anit-NASH agents:

  1. Vitamin E \> 60 IU per day
  2. Omega-3-acid ethyl esters or omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-containing supplements \> 200 mg per day
  3. Thiazolidinediones (e.g. pioglitazone)
* Use of non-stable doses of the following anti-NASH agents: HMGCoA reductase inhibitors (statins), fibrates, probucol, ezetimibe, ursodiol (UDCA), taurine, betaine, N-acetylcysteine, s-adenosylmethionine (SAM-E), milk thistle, anti-TNF therapies, or probiotics.
* Other liver disease
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* subjects of both sex, aged of 70 years or over,
* subjects with at least one of the following frailty criteria: a subjective memory complaint, expressed to their attending physician, an inability to perform one of instrumental activities of daily living, a slow walking with a speed ≤ 0.77 m/s, i.e 5 seconds to walk 4 meters.
* subjects with an MMSE score of greater than or equal to 24,
* subjects capable of understanding the protocol, complying with its requirements and attending the study visits,
* subjects with sufficient availability to take part in the multi-domain intervention programme,
* subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, are liable to comply with the treatment during the study;
* subjects capable of giving their written informed consent
* Covered by a health insurance system

Exclusion Criteria:

* Criteria related to diseases:

  * known presence of dementia or Alzheimer's disease (DSM IV criteria),
  * deterioration in global cognitive function (MMSE \< 24),
  * dependency for basic activities of daily living (ADL\<6),
  * presence of serious diseases, which could be life-threatening in the short term,
  * history or presence of any disease that could compromise the subject's participation in the multi-domain intervention sessions,
* Criteria related to treatments:

  o taking of supplements containing omega-3 (apart from food) within the past 6 months and/or taking omega-3 at inclusion.
* Criteria related to subjects:

  * visual or hearing impairments incompatible with performance and/or interpretation of the neuropsychological tests,
  * history or presence of any previous pathologies that could, in the opinion of the investigator, interfere with the results of the study or expose the subject to an additional risk,
  * subjects deprived of their freedom by administrative or judicial decision, or under guardianship or admitted to a healthcare or social institution,
  * participation in another clinical study in the previous month or participation scheduled during the study.
D: To be eligible for the study, respondents had to, at study entry,:

1. be men aged 50 or older or women aged 55 or older;
2. have no history of cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer), heart attack, stroke, transient ischemic attack, angina pectoris, coronary-artery bypass grafting, or percutaneous coronary intervention;
3. have none of the following safety exclusions: history of renal failure or dialysis, hypercalcemia, hypo- or hyperparathyroidism, severe liver disease (cirrhosis), or sarcoidosis or other granulomatous diseases such as active chronic tuberculosis or granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's);
4. have no allergy to fish or soy;
5. have no other serious illness that would preclude participation;
6. be consuming no more than 800 IU of vitamin D from all supplemental sources combined (individual vitamin D supplements, calcium+vitamin D supplements, medications with vitamin D \[e.g., Fosamax Plus D\], and multivitamins), or, if taking, willing to decrease or forego such use during the trial;
7. be consuming no more than 1200 mg/d of calcium from all supplemental sources combined, or, if taking, willing to decrease or forego such use during the trial;
8. not be taking fish oil supplements, or, if taking, willing to forego their use during the trial

Answer: D