Active clinical trials for "Lipid Metabolism Disorders"

This study will examine markers of vascular endothelial function (vascular health) and metabolic profiles in younger versus older transgender women (people who were assigned male at birth but whose gender identity is female). Data will also be compared to those from cisgender women and men.

The rationale of this research is that deep phenotyping of individuals at the extremes of cholesterol efflux will identify key determinants of efflux that are potential novel therapeutic targets to prevent or reverse Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD). The investigators propose to carry out the objective by studying participants at extreme low and high cholesterol efflux identified from the investigator's study in the population-based Dallas Heart Study by accomplishing the following aims: 1) determine the heritability of and genomic factors associated with cholesterol efflux by establishing a family pedigree of extreme low and high efflux and sequencing candidate genes involved in HDL metabolism; and 2) identify the protein and lipid signature of extreme low and high cholesterol efflux in a sex- and ethnicity-specific manner using mass spectroscopy and ELISA in FPLC-derived fractions. The investigators expect to identify genetic variants and sex- and ethnicity-specific combinations of proteins and lipids in participants with extreme low and high efflux that may lead to novel ways to modulate efflux. This proposal leverages a well-phenotyped population-based study to characterize the gene-protein-lipid signature of 1) extremes of cholesterol efflux in a sex- and ethnicity-specific manner. Successful completion of these aims will have immediate and direct impact on the use of cholesterol efflux as a clinically relevant biomarker of therapeutic benefit and are necessary for the clinical development of appropriate new targets for manipulation of the key atheroprotective function of cholesterol efflux to reduce ASCVD.

Dairy consumption has shown associations with decreased incidence of cardiometabolic diseases. With the growing interest in plant-based eating, and the mounting evidence for the cardiovascular benefits of plant forward diets, national dietary guidelines have pivoted away from promoting exclusive daily dairy consumption. Soymilk is the most nutritionally comparable non-dairy plant-based alternative to cow's milk. Although the DGA, Health Canada, and various pediatric associations recognize fortified soymilk as the only non-dairy alternative equivalent to cow's milk and it can carry an approved health claim for coronary heart disease risk reduction based on the soy protein that it contains, soymilk is classified by the NOVA classification as an ultra-processed food (the opposite of the classification of cow's milk as an unprocessed or minimally processed food). To be an acceptable iso-sweet alternative to cow's milk, soymilk is also often sweetened with sucrose, which is designated as an added sugar, whereas the lactose that sweetens cow's milk is not (despite lactose in cow's milk being present in quantities that are double that of sucrose in soymilk products designed to be iso-sweet analogues of cow's milk). With near universal recommendations from major public health authorities to reduce the intake of both ultra-processed foods and added sugars and the FDA proposing to update its "healthy" claim criteria to limit added sugars, the role of soymilk as a "healthy" non-dairy alternative to cow's milk is in serious question. The effect of soy protein on other cardiometabolic outcomes is also unclear. To address this question and better inform health claims and guideline development, the investigators will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the effect of soy protein as soy milk, in substitution for cow's milk, on various intermediate cardiometabolic mediators.

This is a clinical study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ZYT1, following oral administrations in healthy volunteers. The study shall be divided into four plans as given below: Plan I: Single dose escalation trial Plan II: Multiple dose escalation trial Plan III: Food effect trial. Plan IV: Gender Effect trial. The safety and tolerability shall be evaluated using physical examinations, Standard laboratory tests (hematology, biochemistry and urine examination), electrocardiogram (ECG) and thyroid scanning. Spontaneously reported and solicited adverse events will also be used for safety parameters.

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the first cardiovascular cause of death that seriously threatens human health worldwide. Its incidence rate and mortality are increasing year by year and becoming younger. According to statistics, the average age of men and women with AMI for the first time is 65.6 years old and 72 years old respectively, of which 4%~10% AMI occurred before 45 years old. At present, there is no uniform age threshold for young AMI. Generally speaking, AMI with onset age less than 55 years for men and 65 years for women is called early-onset AMI, accounting for 5%~13% of AMI. Compared with elderly patients with AMI, patients with early onset AMI have different risk factors, clinical characteristics and prognosis, such as lower proportion of patients with diabetes and hypertension, more single vessel lesions and rare left main artery involvement, and higher long-term recurrence rate and mortality. Although the progress of preventive measures and treatment methods has reduced the hospitalization rate of elderly AMI patients, the number of young AMI patients in hospital is still rising. Therefore, in-depth analysis of the characteristics of risk factors of early onset AMI and early intervention are of great significance to reduce the risk of onset and improve long-term prognosis. Hyperlipidemia is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease at all ages, and is more closely related to early onset AMI. It is reported that more than 50% of early onset AMI patients are accompanied by hyperlipidemia. However, at present, the research on the relationship between blood lipids and early onset AMI is limited to the comparison of the level of single lipid component between early onset AMI and different control groups, or the comparative analysis of the relationship between a specific lipid component and the risk of early onset AMI with young healthy people. There is no research to compare the correlation between various lipid components and the risk of early onset AMI. Therefore, this study plans to deeply analyze the correlation between different blood lipid components and their ratios and early onset AMI, and further analyze which blood lipid indicators are most closely related to early onset AMI through large sample clinical research data, taking late onset AMI patients as the control, which should be paid early attention to and strictly managed.

The primary objective in this proposed study is to determine the effect of dietary fish oil supplementation compared to standard care metformin treatment, and fish oil in combination with metformin on plasma lipids and apoB-remnant lipoprotein metabolism in overweight-obese young women with PCOS.

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the acute effects on postprandial lipemia and glycemia by supplementing a high-fat meal with either white button (WB) or shiitake (SH) mushroom powder in relatively healthy adults, aged 18 to 35.

Brief summary: Lipoprotein a (Lp(a)) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Traditionally, the pathogenic role of Lp(a) has been linked to the atherogenic process given its similarity to low density lipoprotein (LDL), however there is a potential for prothrombotic tendencies given its resemblance to plasminogen. The emerging evidence suggests that the prothrombotic properties of Lp(a) contribute not only to arterial but also to venous thrombosis. Lp(a) has the potential to participate in thrombogenesis via several mechanisms: probable platelet aggregation and activation, increased expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor - 1, and reduced production of plasmin. Prior data suggests that Lp(a), can also modify fibrin clot permeability and its susceptibility to lysis. These observations have potentially important implications in patients with a history of myocardial infarction, stroke and venous thromboembolic disease. The investigators propose to conduct a proof-of-concept study to assess the prothrombotic effects of Lp(a), using both quantitative and qualitative assessment of thrombosis, in particular analysing clot structure and dynamics.

This study will evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of the BTL-899 device for changes in subcutaneous fat tissue and muscle tissue of inner thighs. The study is a prospective multi-center open-label single-arm study. The subjects will be enrolled and assigned into a single study group. Subjects will be required to complete four (4) treatment visits and two follow-up visits. All of the study subjects will receive the treatment with the subject device

The purpose of this study is to determine whether PPAR-delta agonist (GW5015156)had favorable effect on lipoprotein metabolism.