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Plasma Lipids-Dependent Vitamin E Metabolism During Dynamic Hyperlipidemia

NCT07715890 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2026-08-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background:

Obesity is known to lead to diseases such as diabetes and high cholesterol (or fats) in the blood (hyperlipidemia). But no one knows why. Researchers think that high levels of fat in the blood may block important nutrients, such as vitamin E, from reaching places they are needed in the body.

Objective:

To learn how high-fat meals affect levels of vitamin E in the blood.

Eligibility:

People aged 18 to 65 with high blood fat levels. Healthy volunteers are also needed.

Design:

Participants will have 3 or 4 clinic visits in 3 months. The last visit will require them to stay in the clinic for 2 nights.

Participants will be screened. They will have a physical exam and blood tests.

After this visit, all participants must stop taking any dietary supplements.

Those who use them must also stop taking any drugs to lower their blood sugar and blood fats. These participants will have an extra visit for blood tests after 60 days.

The next visit will include 2 imaging scans:

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the abdomen. This scan will check for fat in the liver.

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). This scan measures the levels of body fat.

On day 1 of the clinic stay, participants will have 2 set meals, with nothing but water after 10 pm.

On day 2, they will drink high-fat shakes at 8 am, noon, and 4 pm. They will have blood draws every hour for 17 hours, and then every 2 hours until 7 am. The blood will be taken from a tube inserted into a vein and left in place for the day.

On day 3, they will go home.

Conditions

  • Lipid Metabolism Disorders

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

High fat liquid shake

Three consecutive high-fat vitamin E-stripped meals

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Robert D Shamburek, M.D. · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-16
Primary Completion
2028-11-30
Completion
2029-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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