Effect of Dietary Cholesterol on Plasma Lipids

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Conditions studied: Dietary Modification, Nutritional and Metabolic Disease

In brief

The Physicians Committee is carrying out a research study to improve the investigator's understanding and expand the literature to quantify the effect of foods on blood cholesterol. This study will measure changes in low density lipoprotein (LDL) concentration, sometimes called "bad cholesterol," over 2 study periods of 4 weeks each, with 1 rest week in between. Approximately 50 subjects will participate in this study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03698929

Run by

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

People needed

9

Starts

2018-09-17

Expected to finish

2018-11-20

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Following vegan diet for 6 or more months

You may not qualify if…

• Following vegan for less than 6 months
• Smoking during the past six months
• Alcohol consumption of more than 2 drinks per day or the equivalent, episodic increased drinking (e.g., more than 2 drinks per day on weekends), or a history of alcohol abuse or dependency followed by any current use
• Pregnancy or intention to become pregnant during the study period
• Unstable medical or psychiatric illness
• Lack of English fluency
• Inability or unwillingness to participate in all components of the study
• Egg allergy
• Use of cholesterol-lowering medications

Where it is running

• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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