Status:

COMPLETED

Innovative Strategies For Risk Reduction Following CABG

Lead Sponsor:

Unity Health Toronto

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Diabetes Association

Conditions:

Coronary Artery Disease

Type II Diabetes Mellitus

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Background: Treatment targets for cardiac risk factor reduction are not being met. Therefore, there is a need for new strategies to assist patients in meeting these goals. Objective: To determine the...

Detailed Description

Introduction: The consumption of a dietary portfolio has been found to successfully reduce LDL cholesterol by 30% in hyperlipidemic, non-diabetic patients under highly controlled conditions. Given the...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with type II diabetes mellitus
  • Recently (\<5 months) undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery
  • Taking cholesterol lowering medication

Exclusion

  • Can not speak English and have no available interpreter
  • Refuse Informed Consent
  • Had "off pump" CABG
  • Are intolerant of statins
  • Are pre-menopausal (women) or are on HRT
  • Have serious concomitant disease
  • Take insulin
  • Are \<18 years of age
  • receive incomplete revascularization
  • documented history of drug or alcohol abuse
  • Intend to become pregnant during study period
  • Have an unreliable psychological condition that makes them unlikely to comply

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

35 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00462436

Start Date

February 1 2007

End Date

May 1 2010

Last Update

July 22 2010

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St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8