Biosynthesis of PGD2 in Vivo

Hyperlipidemia Clinical Trial

Official title: A Pilot Study to Measure Plasma and Urinary Prostaglandin D2 Metabolites Evoked by Niacin

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigator would like to see if aspirin could block niacin-induced flushing by analyzing blood and urine after taking aspirin.

Phase I: Subjects were assigned to either placebo or aspirin groups. They were given 5 days of 81 mg aspirin or placebo. On day 5, they were given a single dose of niacin (600 mg) administered 30 minutes after the last dose of aspirin or placebo. The same subjects came back for cross-over study and were assigned to a different group. There was a 2-week washout period between each treatment. Urine was collected sequentially for analysis

Phase II: The same study subjects come back for an open label one week study. They were given 5 days of taking 81 mg Aspirin, taken once daily, followed by a single dose of 600 mg Niacin on day 6. Urine was collected sequentially for analysis

Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of this study is to look at the roles of various blood cells and their contributions of different prostaglandins. The intention is that by better understanding these prostaglandins and various metabolites, it will provide insights into their roles in the cardiovascular system.

Prostaglandins and metabolites are naturally occurring substances found in the blood and urine which can act as markers which can be quantified and studied as we will be doing in this study. Flushing response to niacin will also be assessed by laser doppler measuring blood flow of the facial skin.

Untransformed and transformed data will be subjected to exploratory analysis of variance appropriated for a three factor design with one two period crossover factor and two non-repeated factors. Additionally, volunteer's test(s) for paired observations will characterize the magnitude of the niacin effect on the response variables within selected time points. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hyperlipidemia
• Hyperlipidemias

• NCT number: NCT01275300
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2007
• Completion date: January 2012