Status:

COMPLETED

Hs-CRP as Clinical Marker of Inflammatory Atherogenic Dyslipidemia

Lead Sponsor:

CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

Collaborating Sponsors:

AstraZeneca

Conditions:

Dyslipidemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Brief Summary

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 curre...

Detailed Description

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of death in the developed world. Cholesterol screening has been used as a tool to identify individuals who are at increased risk of developing future co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • metabolically stable in the last 3 months for weight (+/- 1 kg), lipid profile (+/- 15 % variability), infection (no symptoms for viral or bacterial illness), inflammation (absence of nonspecific symptoms for arthritis, normal blood sedimentation and protein electrophoresis for acute phase reactants) and no change of usual habits (ex. diet/exercise) or medications (ex. drugs)
  • CHD patients will have to be stable (based on cardiac symptoms and ECG) during the last 3 months and diabetic patients will be required to have stable glycemia (HbA1c \< 7,5 %) in the last 6 months.

Exclusion

  • history of drug or alcohol abuse
  • uncontrolled liver, thyroid or kidney functions
  • other drugs known to affect lipid levels or insulin resistance (antiprotease inhibitors, oral contraceptives...)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2005

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

End Date :

December 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

1000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00169871

Start Date

March 1 2005

End Date

December 1 2006

Last Update

April 23 2007

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Lipid Research Center, CHUL Research Center

Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, G1V 4G2