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Statin Therapy Vs. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes and Supplements

NCT00365742 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2006-08-17

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Summary

Randomized trial in a primary prevention population

* all participants have high LDL cholesterol

Group one will take simvastatin 40 mg/day Group Two will make therapeutic lifestyle changes,and take supplements consisting of red yeast rice and fish oil

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

simvastatin

DRUG

red yeast rice

DRUG

pharmaceutical grade fish oil

BEHAVIORAL

therapeutic lifestyle changes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chestnut Hill Health System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Becker

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Completion
2006-06-30

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