View clinical trials related to Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II.
Filter by:The purpose of the study is to determine whether ezetimibe plus simvastatin will be more effective than simvastatin alone in preventing progression of atherosclerosis of the inner layer of the carotid artery.
Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia has very high serum cholesterol levels despite receiving lipid lowering drugs (e.g. statins, etc). Most of such patients die before the age of 20 due to myocardial infarction, etc. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is an effective treatment for that. Hepatocyte transplantation is an alternative to OLT that may help to overcome the shortage of donor organs. There have been reports of successful treatment of different kinds of metabolic liver disorders by hepatocyte transplantation. The major problem with hepatocyte transplantation is that the source of hepatocytes is very limited. Bone marrow stem cells are the potential source of hepatocytes. In the in-vitro culture system successful and efficient transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into hepatocytes has been documented. We have already shown that infusion of mesenchymal stem cells is safe and feasible in cirrhosis (Mohamadnejad M, et al. Arch Iran Med 2007; In Press). In this study, 2 patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia will be included. The bone marrow of healthy volunteers with a normal lipid profile will be taken, then bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) will be cultured, and then MSCs will be trans-differentiate into hepatocytes, and the cells will be infused through the portal vein into the patients. The duration of follow up will be 6 months post-transplantation.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of extended dosing of mipomersen in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia on lipid-lowering therapy who have completed either the 301012-CS8 (NCT00280995) or 301012-CS9 (NCT00281008) clinical drug trials.
The primary purpose of this trial is to determine if the treatment with rosuvastatin 10 and 20mg/day during 8 weeks in hypertriglyceridemic patients will reduce their triglyceride levels.
The primary objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of once-daily rosuvastatin in reducing LDL-C in children and adolescents aged 10-17 years with HeFH from baseline (Day 0) to the end of the 12-week double-blind treatment period.
The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of varying doses of ISIS 301012 (mipomersen) as add-on therapy in subjects with Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of varying doses of ISIS 301012 as add-on therapy in subjects with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of fluvastatin in children diagnosed with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
The Torcetrapib project was terminated on December 2, 2006 due to safety findings. To look at ultrasound images taken in the carotid arteries and to look at various lipids in the blood of people with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
The Torcetrapib project was terminated on December 2, 2006 due to safety findings. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the lipid drug Torcetrapib/atorvastatin in patients with genetically known disorder of extremely high cholesterol