Status:
UNKNOWN
Soy Food Intervention Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Medical University of Vienna
Conditions:
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH MIM#143890), an inherited disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, is a risk for early cardiovascular disease (CVD). This autosomal dominant disease is characterized by ma...
Detailed Description
The pilot study will include 30 children and adolescents with heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia. All children and adolescents will be recruited from the Paediatrics Outpatient Department of t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- To be eligible the study participants will have to be aged between 4 and 18 years,
- do not regularly eat soy food and do not have a protein allergy.
- the participants are recruited by their familial history and/or their cholesterol levels (elevated over 130 mg/dl and total cholesterol elevated over 200 mg/dl) according to American Academy of Paediatrics criteria
Exclusion
- Patients younger than 4 years and older than 18 years,
- children who are extremely underweight according to Kromeyer Hausschild´s criteria.
- Children and adolescents with mental disability and with simultaneous medication and protein allergy.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00924339
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
June 18 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Division of Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1090