View clinical trials related to Dyslipidemias.
Filter by:The investigators propose to investigate if using a combination of medications that may improve cholesterol give additional benefit to that gained from the statin medication, Lipitor. It is recommended that patients who meet certain criteria for risk of heart disease take a statin medication to improve cholesterol and hopefully reduce risk of heart disease. The combination therapy will include Lipitor, Niaspan, and investigational medication (known as ABT335) in a class of drugs called fibrates. We are looking to see if and how these three medications together might improve risk factors for atherosclerosis and influence HDL cholesterol. The study will also look at the safety and any side effects that might be associated with this combination of medications.
This retrospective study evaluates the effectiveness and safety of ezetimibe plus statin or ezetimibe plus fenofibrate in dyslipidemic patients that were treated with these dual inhibition lipid lowering regimens as part of their normal standard of care. This study assesses the percentage of patients who achieve LDL-C target goals and also evaluates the patient compliance to treatment.
Dyslipidaemia is characterized by low plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c), elevated triglycerides and an increase in low density lipoprotein (LDL-c) particles, and has been unequivocally established as a most important cardiovascular risk factor. While statins are effective in reducing plasma levels of LDL-c, these drugs have only modest effects on raising HDL-c (typically by less than 10%), even with aggressive statin therapy. However, increasing evidence suggests that low HDL-c might be at least as relevant as high LDL-c in promoting the development and progression of atherosclerosis. The beneficial effect of raising HDL-c on clinical outcome has already been demonstrated by several studies. Nicotinic acid is the most potent agent available for raising plasma levels of HDL-c by up to 29% at clinically recommended doses, and substantially lowers triglycerides and LDL-c. Furthermore, nicotinic acid is also the most potent lipid lowering agent available that reduces Lp(a), an independent marker of cardiovascular risk. In a recent study patients with coronary artery disease had a 21% increase in HDL-c and a 13% decrease in triglycerides, and these beneficial effects on lipid status may have contributed to a stabilization or regression of carotid intima-media-thickness (IMT).The impact in patients with advanced atherosclerosis like peripheral artery disease (PAD) in unknown. The investigators hypothesized that nicotinic acid in addition to statin therapy may inhibit progression of peripheral arterial atherosclerosis. Therefore, the aim of the present randomized controlled trial is to investigate the effects of nicotinic acid (daily dose starting with 500 mg, up to 2000mg) in addition to simvastatin (40 mg daily) versus simvastatin (40mg daily) monotherapy in patients with low serum HDL-C levels and PAD with respect to changes of carotid and femoral IMT, changes of patients´ lipid status and occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
This study is a local PCO sponsored, interventional, non-drug study to evaluate the efficacy of a health tele-counselling program in reducing cardiovascular risk in dyslipidemic patients.
The purpose of this study is to determine safety and efficacy of mipomersen (ISIS 301012) in the reduction of total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and apolipoprotein B (apoB) in high risk subjects intolerant to statins.
This is a clinical trial in patients with Metabolic Syndrome and Dyslipidemia to study the effects of MK0767 on triglycerides.
The purpose of this observational study is to describe the time to lipid-lowering drug implementation in the management of dyslipidemic patients, according to the cardiovascular risk level.
To examine effects of intensive lipid lowering therapy with atorvastatin on stabilization of coronary plaque by using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
This 4 arm study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of RO4607381 when co-administered with pravastatin in patients with low or relatively low HDL-C levels. Patients will be randomised to one of 4 groups to receive either RO4607381 300mg, 600mg or 900mg po daily, or placebo po daily, for 12 weeks.All patients will also receive pravastatin 40mg po daily for 12 weeks.The anticipated time on study treatment is 3 months and the target sample size is 100-500 individuals.
The RATCHET study assesses if patient knowledge of estimated cardiovascular risk at current and recommended target blood pressure levels improves compliance in the management of hypertension.