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Reverse Cholesterol Transport (RCT) Study

NCT01031758 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2018-12-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of radiolabeled particulate cholesterol administered intravenously in association with albumin, as a method to study reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) in humans by analyzing changes in the tracer activity in total plasma, lipoproteins and feces.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

3H-Cholesterol

A single dose of 25-50 μCi 3H free cholesterol -albumin complexes (containing approximately 0.1 - 0.3 mg of cholesterol) will be administered intravenously as a slow bolus injection within 1-2 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Marina Cuchel, MD, PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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