Status:

COMPLETED

Implications for Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Conditions:

Metabolic Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

To characterize features of metabolic syndrome in volunteers. To undertake a randomised trial to determine whether treatment with a statin improves muscle microvascular blood flow.

Detailed Description

To characterise features of the metabolic syndrome, including body fat, insulin sensitivity, and liver fat together with muscle micorvascular blood flow. To undertake a randomised controlled trial of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria Body mass index (BMI) 20-35 kg/m\^2" and "\> 3 criteria for the metabolic syndrome (NCEP III ATP criteria - see below) , one of which will be hypertriglyceridaemia, i.e. fasting plasma triglycerides \>2.0 mmol/L - a cardinal lipid abnormality of the syndrome
  • NCEP III ATP metabolic syndrome criteria are:
  • Waist greater than or equal to 102 cm BP greater than 130 / 85 mmHg TG greater than or equal to 1.7mmol/l Glucose greater than or equal to 6.1 mmol/l HDL less than 1.0 mmol/l
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Aged \<18 years Aged \>75 years Known diabetes; renal, liver, or uncontrolled thyroid disease; uncontrolled hypertension; treatment with lipid-modifying drugs; antihypertensive medication; corticosteroid therapy; or hormone replacement therapy.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    February 1 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00666029

    Start Date

    February 1 2006

    End Date

    February 1 2008

    Last Update

    January 23 2019

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