Does Statin Initiation Undermine Dietary Behavior?

Completed

Conditions studied: All English Speaking Adults From the Manhattan VA Clinic Who Have Recently Received Their First Prescription for a Statin

In brief

The purpose of this research is to improve our understanding of the effects that taking cholesterol reducing pills have on dietary behavior as well as other health related behaviors

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00224159

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

100

Starts

2005-02-01

Expected to finish

2006-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-02-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All English-speaking adults who have recently (within 1 week)received their first prescription for a statin will be eligible.

You may not qualify if…

• Will include a history of any of the following:
• Prior CVD (myocardial infarction, angina, angioplasty, stroke, CABG. or arterial bypass surgery)
• Diabetes patients
• Psychiatric patients
• AIDS patients
• Substance abuse patients
• Prior cholesterol lowering medication use
• Inability to complete the interviews

Where it is running

• The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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