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Filter by:The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of fluvastatin in children diagnosed with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
The objective of this proposal is to study the applicability of the hs-CRP assay in the assessment of CV risk in daily clinical conditions where hyperlipidemic population with or without CHD are currently evaluated.
An eight week comparison of the investigational drug GW590735, placebo, and the marketed drug fenofibrate intended to increase the levels of "good cholesterol" and decrease levels of "bad cholesterol" in healthy patients with low levels of good cholesterol and high levels of bad cholesterol.
The purpose of this clinical research study is to compare up to 3 doses of an investigational drug GW501516 to placebo (an inactive pill that looks like GW501516) to see if it is safe, well tolerated and effective in improving (raising) low levels of "good cholesterol", high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLc), as compared to placebo.
The purpose is to demonstrate the utility of Caduet (amlodipine/atorvastatin) in the African American population
The advent of new antiretroviral agents, in particular Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), spectacularly reduced HIV-associated morbidity and mortality. However, new complications have appeared in HIV-infected patients treated by with HAART such as dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, and related cardiovascular complications including acute coronary syndromes, peripheral vascular disease, and stroke have been reported. A linear association has been proved between increased intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery (CCA-IMT), aortic stiffness (pulse wave velocity [aPWV]) and incidence of cardiovascular events suggesting that IMT and aPWV could be considered as an early marker of atherosclerosis. The progression of IMT has been shown to be predictive of cardiovascular events. Case control and longitudinal studies but not all have suggested an increase CCA-IMT in HIV-infected patients under HAART compared with non-HIV infected patients with different progression. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of pravastatin on CCA-IMT and aortic stiffness in dyslipidemic HIV-infected patients receiving HAART by using a high-resolution echotracking system. Patients in the pravastatin group were consecutively recruited in four department of infectious diseases if they fulfilled the following criteria : (1) HIV-infected treated with HAART for > 12 months 2) with dyslipidemia, defined as fasting serum LDL cholesterol > 160 mg/dL before initiation of pravastatin, (3) treated with pravastatin > 12 months and one more coronary risk factor. The patients in the control group were selected consecutively in the same departments among 1) HIV-infected patients treated with HAART > 12 months 2) fasting serum LDL cholesterol > 160 mg/dL 3) without lipid-lowering drugs and one more coronary risk factor. Cases and control patients were matched for age, gender and tobacco consumption. Using data from Mercie et al., inclusion of 42 patients in pravastatin and control groups was the minimum sample size needed for detection of a 6.5% difference in CCA-IMT, in a two-sided test (a = 0.05, b = 0.20). The protocol of the study, sponsored by the French Society of Cardiology was approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in Biomedical Research of Pitié-Salpétrière University hospital in Paris. Written informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from each patient.
The purpose of this study is to determine if patients with elevated cholesterol, but not taking any other lipid medication, could lower their cholesterol with administration of lapaquistat acetate, once daily (QD).
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of fluvastatin 80 mg in a Chinese population. This study is not recruiting patients in the US.
The purpose of the study is to find a good therapy for patients who need to be treated for high cholesterol and who have difficulty tolerating other statins (such as pravastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin) due to muscle pain.
The purposes of this study are to determine: - The safety of the study medication and any side effects that might be associated with it; - Whether the study medication can help patients with low levels of 'good' cholesterol (HDL-C) and high blood fats or triglycerides (TG); - How much of the study medication should be given to patients; - How the study medication compares to fenofibrate (Lofibra), a drug used for people with low levels of HDL-C and high levels of TG.