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Program on Surgical Control of Hyperlipidemias (POSCH)

NCT00000490 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2016-02-25

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Summary

To determine whether a profound reduction in serum cholesterol level, induced and maintained by partial ileal bypass, would prevent a second heart attack among men and women who had one myocardial infarction and whose blood cholesterol could not be reduced sufficiently by diet.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

jejunoileal bypass

BEHAVIORAL

diet, fat-restricted

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Henry Buchwald · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1973-06-30
Completion
1997-12-31

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