Active clinical trials for "Hypercholesterolemia"

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the major causes of death and disability in industrialised countries. Results from several epidemiological and clinical studies indicate a positive correlation between elevated total serum cholesterol levels, mainly reflecting the LDL-cholesterol fraction, and risk of CHD. It is thought that a reduction in total plasma cholesterol levels in populations suffering from primary hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol) can lower the incidence of coronary thrombosis. Currently, therefore there is extensive interest in the management of serum cholesterol and other blood lipids. Diet is viewed as a major influencing factor that can reduce levels. This is largely driven by the expense of drug therapy, the large numbers of individuals affected and unwanted side effects of such treatments. Dietary strategies for prevention of CHD implicate adherence to a low-fat/low-saturated fat diet. Although such diets may present an effective approach, they are difficult to maintain on a long-term basis and efficacy diminishes over time. As such, new approaches towards identification of other dietary means of reducing blood cholesterol levels have been evaluated. These include, among others, the use of probiotics. Probiotics are 'live microbial feed supplements that offer a benefit to health'. They are marketed as health or functional foods whereby they are ingested for their purported positive advantages in the digestive tract and/or systemic areas like the liver, vagina or bloodstream. The main goal of the study is to test the efficacy of the probiotic in degrading cholesterol as well as produce metabolites that interfere with its synthesis in the liver in adults with high cholesterol (>6mmol). The effect may also be partially ascribed to an enzymatic deconjugation of bile acids.

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study in nine (9) separate and sequential dose cohorts (7 SC and 2 IV cohorts) to assess the safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of LIB003 in subjects with moderately elevated LDL-C levels.

High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk factor for coronary heart disease. It is well demonstrated that drugs that reduce the intestinal absorption of cholesterol or block the synthesis of cholesterol or the association of both, can reduce cholesterol and reduce rate of cardiovascular events. The trial will evaluate natural alternative to this drug approach testing the effects of a combination of phytosterol, a nutritional that reduce cholesterol absorption, and fermented red rice, a nutritional that reduce the synthesis of cholesterol. Subjects with sub optimal blood cholesterol levels, matching all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria, will be treated for 8 weeks with a nutraceutical combination of phytosterols and fermented red rice and will have to maintain, during the entire duration of the study, the Mediterranean-style diet provided. The study will evaluate as primary objective the changes in LDL cholesterol blood levels and more in general the modulation of lipid profile and of others clinical parameters as well as the tolerability.

This clinical trial seeks to verify the efficacy of a red rice yeast dietary supplement in the decrease of cardiovascular risk, by assessing variables related with cardiovascular risk as levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and transaminases among other, in two groups of participants that will be taking either the dietary supplement or a placebo during a six months period.

This is a Phase III, placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study in participants with ASCVD and elevated LDL-C despite maximum tolerated dose of LDL-C lowering therapies to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of subcutaneous (SC) inclisiran injection(s). The study will be a multicenter study in the United States.

The primary objectives of the study are: To evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of evinacumab in patients with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) To evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of evinacumab in adolescent patients with HoFH The secondary objectives of the study are: To evaluate the effect of evinacumab on lipid parameters in patients with HoFH To evaluate the effect of evinacumab on lipid parameters in adolescent patients with HoFH To evaluate the potential development of anti-evinacumab antibodies

An open-label, prospective phase III study to compare the efficacy and safety of administering evolocumab versus treatment with LDLapheresis in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and high cardiovascular risk.

High cholesterol (a type of fat in humans blood) may be one factor that can lead to heart disease. If people have higher cholesterol, it is possible that kefir (a food similar to yogurt) may help to control blood cholesterol levels.

The purpose of the study is to investigate the cholesterol lowering efficacy of a cereal based snack bar with added plant stanol ester when used between meals as part of a habitual diet by subjects with mild to moderate hypercholesterolemia.

To evaluate the effects of daily consumption of 3 capsules of Swisse Nutra+ Cholesterol Balance on serum LDL-cholesterol in adults with hypercholesterolaemia compared to placebo over four months. This is a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel study. Applicants will be eligible to participate if they have hypercholesterolemia, defined by fasting LDL-cholesterol 2.5mmol/L and ≤5 mmol/L confirmed at screening visit. Participants who are otherwise healthy will be included in the study; individuals with a history of cardiovascular disease are excluded from this trial. Following pre-screening telephone assessment, applicants will attend an in-clinic screening visit and following informed consent, their general health and eligibility for inclusion into the study will be assessed. On Day 1 eligible participants will be randomly allocated to receive one of two study treatments (intervention or placebo). Participants will consume the assigned treatment daily for four months. Participants will return to the clinic at months 2 and 4 for assessment of primary and secondary outcomes. Compliance, adverse events and concomitant medication use will be assessed at these visits. In addition, participants will complete an online survey at months 1 and 3 to assess protocol compliance, adverse events and use of concomitant medications. Any queries that arise from the survey will be followed up by phone call. Dietary intakes will be assessed at the baseline and four-month visits. A final participant online survey and phone call (if needed) will be conducted one month after the 4-month visit for a final safety assessment.