Completed

Phase 3
Age: 35Years - 59Years
MALE
ID00000488

Led by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) · Updated on 2016-04-14

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Participants Needed

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Research Sites

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Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

To determine whether reduction of cholesterol by drug therapy significantly lowered the atherosclerotic coronary heart disease rate in a group of hypercholesterolemic but otherwise healthy men. Total dollars spent on the CPPT from June 1973 were $142,250,000. We do not have a year-by-year breakdown.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial (CPPT)

Who Can Participate

Age: 35Years - 59Years
MALE

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

Men, ages 35-59. Type II hyperlipoproteinemia. Free from coronary heart disease.

Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

History of severe allergic reactions to study medication Currently pregnant or breastfeeding Recent participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days Presence of uncontrolled medical conditions that could affect safety

Trial Site Locations

Site Locations not provided

Location information for this trial is currently unavailable.

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

DOUBLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

N/A

Primary Purpose

PREVENTION

Number of Arms

0

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Published Research Related To This Trial

Dietary determinants of plasma cholesterol change in the recruitment phase of the Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial.

D J Gordon, K M Salz, K J Roggenkamp...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7181738

Habitual physical activity and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in men with primary hypercholesterolemia. The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial.

D J Gordon, J L Witztum, D Hunninghake...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6821893

The Lipid Research Clinics Coronary Primary Prevention Trial results. II. The relationship of reduction in incidence of coronary heart disease to cholesterol lowering.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6361300

Coronary risk factors and exercise test performance in asymptomatic hypercholesterolemic men: application of proportional hazards analysis.

D J Gordon, J L Probstfield, C Rubenstein...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6465119