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Filter by:One of the greatest success stories in rheumatology - the achievement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remission - is tempered by the fact that individuals with RA are dramatically under evaluated and under treated to reduce the risk for heart attacks and strokes. This project will build the foundation for an intervention that will test the hypothesis that the patient-centered intervention tailored to patients with RA to improve hyperlipidemia screening and treatment, thereby decreasing the risk for heart attacks and strokes. The aims of this proposal are: Aim 1: To identify patient and physician barriers to lower the risk for heart attacks and strokes in patients with RA. Aim 2: To develop an intervention designed to optimize lipid screening and management in RA patients. This will consist of patient education and a decision support program to facilitate screening for hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol level) or initiation of medications to lower cholesterol (primary outcome) and self-efficacy (level of confidence in performing a task) in taking medications to lower cholesterol secondary outcome). Aim 3: To pilot test the efficacy and feasibility of intervention developed in Aim 2. The investigators will apply methods related to clinical trials to test the feasibility of the newly developed intervention.
preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ≥ 50%) and are accompanied by dyslipidemia (LDL ≥ 100 mg / dl) will be enrolled. Only patients who do not meet the exclusion criteria should be enrolled in the study. Once the patient is selected, the patient is informed of the study and receives the consent form. Patients who are eligible for all of the criteria and who do not qualify as exclusion criteria should be enrolled in the study and randomly assigned in a 1: 1 dose of rosuvastatin/ezetimibe 10/10mg once daily or rosuvastatin 20 mg once daily. Patients who previously used statins have a wash-out period of 4 weeks or more. Patients will visit outpatient clinic at 12 weeks and 24 weeks after initiation of treatment. Physical examination, blood test, and 6 minute working test will be performed. For fasting blood tests, patients visit on an empty stomach. Drug adverse events and changes in vital signs or body weight will be checked. After 48 weeks of treatment, the patients will visit outpatient clinic for efficacy evaluation; physical examination, blood test, transthoracic echocardiography, cardiopulmonary exercise test, central blood pressure, and pulse wave velocity. Drug adverse events and medication compliance will be checked. The primary endpoint is change of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and secondary endpoint is improvement of diastolic dysfunction, VAC index, peak VO2, distance of 6 minute working test, and clinical outcomes including death, readmission rate.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignant disease among children. Treatment results have improved over time due to intensive risk-adapted therapy and the 5-year survival rate is now above 90%. However, the burden of therapy has increased proportionally. Many children develop serious acute and chronic side effects, which impact on the patients expected lifespan and impair their quality of life as a result of therapy. Treatment with PEG-asparaginase and dexamethasone increases the levels of triglycerides and total cholesterol. Consequently, the incidence of hyperlipidemia is high during initial ALL therapy. Studies have suggested that hyperlipidemia is a risk factor for development of osteonecrosis, thrombosis and possibly acute pancreatitis. Long-chained marine omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish oil, decrease levels of triglycerides and total cholesterol in hyperlipidemic patients. Due to the high survival rate, it is of great interest to develop methods to reduce treatment related toxicities. The investigators hypothesise that daily intake of fish oil will prevent development of hyperlipidemia during ALL treatment phases with dexamethasone and PEG-asparaginase compared to placebo and that fish oil intake may reduce the incidence of severe adverse events related to ALL treatment.
To investigate the proportion, medication use and control rate of metabolic abnormalities such as dyslipidemia in outpatients with hypertension in different levels of hospitals in China. To investigate the gap between guidelines and clinical practices, and analyze the cause. we also set up a continuing medical education program to narrow the gap and the effect of the program will be estimated.
A double-blind and placebo-controlled study was conducted in current human study. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of n-3 PUFA intervention on glucose and lipid homeostasis in Chinese diabetic/obese patients.
Red yeast rice is a source of active compounds in reducing LDL levels with practically no side effects. Molval Fort is a natural product available in the Lebanese market with a combination of red yeast rice extracts, EPA/DHA and coenzyme Q10. The investigators are conducting this study to explore the effect of red yest rice extracts based product on LDL and its side effects in a sample of primary care Lebanese patients.
This study evaluates the safety and pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions of omega-3 and atorvastatin in healthy male volunteers. Half of the participants will receive omega-3 for 16 days to be steady state of omega-3 and followed by omega-3 and atorvastatin in combination for 7 days. The other half will receive Atorvastatin for 7 days to be steady state of Atorvastatin, and followed by Atorvastatin and Omega-3 in combination for 16 days.
The chronic disease burden is increasing worldwide leading to a rise in the demand for primary healthcare and a shortage of primary care physicians. Addressing this shortage entails a multi-prong approach with innovations in care delivery, greater use of healthcare technology, and more efficient use of all healthcare providers on the care team. We previously developed an interactive self-service healthcare kiosk (Self-empowering and enabling kiosk - SEEK® MyHealthKiosk) for the management of patients with stable chronic disease in the primary care setting. A feasibility study using SEEK showed high levels of acceptance and satisfaction from patients and healthcare providers. The aim of this follow-up study is to evaluate the health outcomes of patients with stable chronic disease who are on kiosk management compared to patients who are on routine management by nurse clinicians. We hypothesize that patients who are managed by the kiosk continue to maintain good disease control that are comparable to patients who are managed by a nurse clinician.
This multicenter multinational prospective two-arm matched-pair observational study aims to establish a prospective comparison of active lipoprotein apheresis treatment approved and conducted according to German guidelines for the indication of elevated Lp(a) versus a maximum tolerated lipid-lowering therapy as standard care. Due to the prospective character and the inclusion of a control arm, this will be the first clinical study that can confirm the relevance of the established approach to use lipoprotein apheresis in those subjects and its effects to reduce the individual cardiovascular risk. The optimized management of subjects in the control group (not receiving lipoprotein apheresis) will also help to clarify the controversial issue, to which extent intensive medical care per se can influence the occurence of subsequent cardiovascular events. Primary objective of the trial is to evaluate the clinical benefit of Lp(a) reduction using lipoprotein apheresis on myocardial infarction, PCI, CABG, fatal and non- fatal stroke, transient ischemic attack, interventional or surgical revascularization of peripheral arteries and death from cardiovascular disease. The primary objective of this study evaluates the clinical benefit of weekly lipoprotein apheresis in subjects with progressive cardiovascular disease, as accepted by the German Federal Joint Committee as indication for subjects with elevated Lp(a). Comparator will be matched subjects under maximum tolerated lipid lowering therapy without access to lipoprotein apheresis treatment. The clinical benefit will be defined as the reduction of the composite endpoint of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as either myocardial infarction, PCI, CABG, fatal and non-fatal stroke, transient ischemic attack or death from cardiovascular disease over a period of at least 2 years after completion of visit 1b and until at least 60 events of the primary end-point occurred in group B. If the number of at least 60 documented primary endpoint events within 2 years of the completion of enrolment did not occur, the study will continue until this number of primary endpoint events has accumulated.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the lipid lowering effects and clinical safety of a natural hypolipidemic compound, coenzyme A （CoA） capsule, combined use with statin, in Chinese patients with moderate dyslipidemia.