A Controlled Trial of High Dietary Fiber Intake on Serum Lipids

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hyperlipidemia

In brief

The study evaluates high fiber diet intake in patients with hyperlipidemia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00593632

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

50

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All primary and secondary prevention patients aged 18 to 80 years with known or newly diagnosed isolated hypercholesteremia or combined hyperlipidemia.
• Inclusion criteria include patients with HDL < 35 mg/dL for a man or < 45mg/dL for women irrespective of LDL level.

You may not qualify if…

• Any patients with unstable angina, untreated hypothyroidism, uncontrolled diabetes, other endocrine or metabolic diseases not actively treated, acute inflammatory diseases, severe gastrointestinal diseases, chronic renal insufficiency (GFR<30), end stage renal disease, liver disease or other severe diseases such as cancer, triglyceride level greater than 600 mg/dL, pregnant females, chronic use of systemic corticosteroid, or anticoagulants.
• Patients who were recently started or recently had their lipid lowering medications changed within the last 4 weeks will be excluded.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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