Clinical trials: Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) Deficiency
Lipid Disorders
Genes Involved in Lipid Disorders
Background: Genes are the instructions our body uses to function. Researchers can look for changes, or variants, in the genes. The goal of this study is to find new gene changes that lead to lipid disorders.
- Trial name
- NCT02311335
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Low CETP Activity, CETP Deficiency
Relationship Between CETP Deficiency and Atherosclerosis in Patients With Hyperalphalipoproteinemia
The aim of this study is to determine whether high high density lipoprotein-cholesterol(HDL-C) level and low Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein(CETP) activity is atherogenic or not in subjects who received health checkups.
- Conditions
- Low CETP Activity, CETP Deficiency, Hyperalphalipoproteinemia, Hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia
- Trial name
- INFINITY (NCT01916512)
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Osaka University
Cholesterol, HDL, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Mendelian Reverse Cholesterol Transport Study
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 people carrying…
- Conditions
- Cholesterol, HDL, Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Tangier Disease, LCAT Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT01782027
- Testing
- 3H-cholesterol bound to albumin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania