Active clinical trials for "Hypercholesterolemia"

The current study is the first clinical trial proposed with PF-06815345. It is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) following administration of single oral doses of PF-06815345 to healthy adult subjects.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of ezetimibe coadministered with simvastatin compared with simvastatin alone when administered for 12 weeks on endothelial function as assessed by brachial artery reactivity testing (BART) using high-frequency ultrasound to image the brachial artery vasomotor response to a flow-mediated stimulus (high-shear stress) in subjects with high cholesterol. The secondary objectives include evaluation of nitroglycerin-induced vasodilation. In addition, lipid parameters (low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol [LDL-C], high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], triglycerides [TG], total cholesterol [TC]) and C reactive protein (CRP) will be assessed by treatment group.

The purpose of this research study is to determine which of the two ingredients of Vytorin (Simvastatin or Ezetimibe) is responsible for the anti-inflammatory effects of Vytorin

The aim of the study is to understand more about how different fatty acids modulate postprandial lipid metabolism and inflammatory response.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether YiLi Xinhuo Shuhua Milk is effective in reducing the serum cholesterol in human with hypercholesterolemia.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of a PB no- added-fat and the AHA and MED in obese (BMI >95%) children ages 9-18 with hypercholesterolemia (>169 mg/dl) and a parent or guardian. Eligible patients will be identified by utilizing the Pediatric Obesity Registry. When possible, in-person discussions or phone calls with their primary or tertiary care physicians will introduce eligible patients and their parents to the study. All eligible patients and parents will receive letters describing the study and requesting their participation. Subjects can choose not to participate in the study, and their health care will not be affected in any way. Subjects not participating will be asked if they are willing to answer a brief questionnaire about why they chose not to participate. The proposed study will be carried out for a total of 52 weeks. The investigators expect to recruit a total of 180 participants (30 children and 30 parents/guardians in each of the three groups). Each child and parent/guardian pair will be randomly assigned to either PB no-added-fat, AHA or MED.

The study evaluates the effects of Helichrysum italicum and Helichrysum Arenarium on different components of the metabolic syndrome. The components of metabolic syndrome will be measured at baseline and four weeks after daily consumptions of either Helichrysum italicum or either Helichrysum Arenarium, and after two weeks of washout. In addition, stool samples will be also taken at baseline and after four weeks of daily consumtion of either Helichrysum italicum or either Helichrysum Arenarium.

The objectives of this clinical trial are to assess the effects of dietary oils on blood lipids and other aspects of the fasting lipoprotein profile in healthy men and women with elevated cholesterol

To determine the effect of synchronizing a patient's prescription refill schedule on medication adherence. The targeted population is Humana members who are currently taking 2 or more Stars medications (hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes) and are current customers of RightSource. Participants will be randomized to one of two groups. Group one will be usual care and group two will be the Rx synchronization group.

Plant sterols and stanols are dietary components that are naturally present in plants. Their biological function in plants is comparable with these of cholesterol in animals. They are structurally related to cholesterol, but are absorbed by enterocytes to a much lesser extent. It is generally accepted that they inhibit intestinal cholesterol absorption and consequently lower serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentrations up to 10% at daily intakes of 2.5 g. The exact underlying mechanism of the plant sterol/stanol mediated reduction in intestinal cholesterol absorption is still unknown. It has been suggested that they lower the activity of sterol uptake transporters like Niemann-Pick C1 like 1 protein (NPC1L1) in enterocytes, otherwise several studies indicated that these compounds could activate the liver X receptor (LXR) in enterocytes, thereby activating the ABC transporters involved in the intestinal cholesterol metabolism, whereas recently suggestions have been made that plant sterols and stanols activate transintestinal cholesterol excretion (TICE). This is the direct cholesterol secretion from the blood into the intestinal lumen, in which the enterocytes play a central role. None of these assumptions have so far been evaluated in humans. Objective: The major objective of the present study is to examine the acute effects of dietary plant stanol esters on the intestinal mucosal gene expression profiles in intestinal biopsies in healthy volunteers. The minor objective is to investigate whether semi-long-term use (3 weeks) of plant stanol esters have an effect on microbiota composition.