Active clinical trials for "Hyperlipidemias"

Severe hypercholesterolemia produced by conditions such as heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is associated with multiple complications including premature atherosclerotic disease. There is evidence that microvascular perfusion, particularly flow reserve, in critical organs is limited due to abnormalities in plasma viscosity, abnormal RBC deformability, and an imbalance between vasodilators and vasoconstrictors. There is little is currently known about acute changes in microvascular blood flow and microvascular rheology that occur in response to plasmapharesis which is used in some patients to lower critically elevated cholesterol levels. Our research group has pioneered CEU methods for assessing myocardial and skeletal muscle perfusion, and has previously demonstrated in pre-clinical models that acute hyperlipidemia produces a reduction in microvascular RBC transit rate. In this study, the investigators will assess acute changes in microvascular perfusion in patients undergoing clinically-indicated plasmapharesis.

This study aims to assess the postprandial triglyceride response to the ingestion of a high-fat meal with co-ingestion of either galactose, or glucose.

The investigators followed a convenience sample of 114 overweight and obese subjects from a weight loss clinic who followed a 24-week dietary intervention. The subjects self-selected whether to follow a standardized ketogenic diet (n=53), or a personalised low-glycemic index (GI) diet utilising information from 28 single nucleotide polymorphisms (n=61). After the 24-week study period, the subjects were monitored for an additional 18 months.

The findings of previous experiments suggested that polyunsaturated fatty acids(PUFAs) has been linked to anti-hyperlipidemia, and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.This is a randomized double-blind trial, aims to study the effect of PUFAs on blood lipids and human metabolism. Firstly, the investigators will investigate the efficacy of mixed plant oil(echium oil, camelina oil, safflower oil) and pure echium oil on improving the levels of blood lipids. Secondly, next generation sequencing (NGS), ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (UPLC-MS/MS) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry detection will be conducted to explore the role of PUFAs on gut microbiota as well as metabolites. Thirdly, single nucleotide polymorphism will be genotyped by Time-of-flight mass spectrometry to find the gene-environment interaction effect.

Adansonia digitata L. (AD) also known as Baobab is a huge tree that grows in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Many studies talking about AD biological activity including hypolipidemic, antioxidant and antimicrobials in animal's but not in human, This study will be undertaken to examine the effect of AD juice consumption against lipid profiles in traditional users and blood samples will be collected form participant's for investigated of lipid profiles pre and post AD juice drinking and the results will be compared.

Despite numerous studies of meal components in humans, little is still known about how different meals influence on metabolism. The purpose of this study is to a gain knowledge of how a balanced test meal with either lean seafood (example:cod) or meat as the main protein source will: affect the postprandial metabolism acutely (test-meal at beginning of the study) affect the postprandial metabolism after 4 weeks controlled intervention (test meal at end of intervention period) affect gut microbiota composition

The investigators are testing whether patients with diabetes can communicate with our health care system through text messaging. The investigators will look at how often they respond to prompts for blood pressures, blood sugars, and step counts. The investigators will also see if they come in for lab tests when prompted by text message. Also, for patients overdue for medication refills, the investigators will ask them why they have not yet called for the refill.

The purpose of this study is to create a model enabling us to predict pancreatitis, hyperlipidemia and hepatotoxicity during treatment with PEG-Asparaginase in children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Recent health policy documents have endorsed an integrated model of collaboration between pharmacists and physicians in primary care. The integration of pharmacists into primary care has been identified as a priority for primary health care reform in Canada. However, the best way to do this has not been demonstrated or evaluated. This demonstration project shows the various ways in which pharmacists can be trained and integrated into different family practice settings, the processes and costs associated with doing this, and the outcomes observed. The main hypothesis is that pharmacist integration into family practice will optimize medication use, clinical care and clinical outcomes. This information provides policy makers with necessary information about collaboration between pharmacists and family physicians for their overall goal of reforming the delivery of primary health care to the population.

Our previous study has found that oil palm phenolics (OPP) supplementation at 9 grams per day is safe for consumption. An interesting observation was reported where the consumption of OPP showed significantly lower total and LDL cholesterol compared to the control group. There is no clinical evidence as yet on the optimum dosage of OPP supplementation in improving fasting lipid profile. We hypothesize that in a clinical study, OPP supplemented participants will elicit a reduction in total and LDL cholesterol while maintaining safety and tolerability.