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The Influence of Dietary Plant Sterols and Plant Stanols on Cholesterol and Plant Sterol Levels in Atheromatous Plaques

NCT00737919 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2011-02-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to explore whether the increased supply of dietary plant sterols and plant stanols have any influence on serum levels of phytosterols and on consistency of carotid atheromatous plaques.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Plant Stanol

Plant stanols in margarines daily 2 grams

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Plant Sterol

Plant sterols in margarines daily 2 grams

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Eastern Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Helsinki

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tatu A. Miettinen, professor · Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Internal Medicine, Helsinki Univ. Central Hospital, Biomedicum Helsinki

  • Helena Gylling, Professor · Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio and Kuopion University Central Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

  • Markku J Nissinen, MD, PhD · Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Gastroenterology, HUCH, Helsinki, Finland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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