NHLBI Type II Coronary Intervention Study

NCT00000594 | Completed Phase 3

• 1 other identifier: 400
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To determine whether lowering of cholesterol with cholestyramine in a population with Type II hyperlipidemia led to a decreased rate of progression (a regression of coronary artery disease) as demonstrated by death, myocardial infarction, or progression of disease on angiography.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Coronary Disease; Heart Diseases; Hypercholesterolemia, Familial; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Ischemia

Interventions

cholestyramine DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

Men and women with angiographically demonstrated coronary artery disease.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

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

Related Publications (7)

• Borer JS, Brensike JF, Redwood DR, Itscoitz SB, Passamani ER, Stone NJ, Richardson JM, Levy RI, Epstein SE. Limitations of the electrocardiographic response to exercise in predicting coronary-artery disease. N Engl J Med. 1975 Aug 21;293(8):367-71. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197508212930801.

  PMID: 168493 BACKGROUND

• Belmaker RH, Pollin W, Jenkins CD, Brensike J. Coronary prone behavior pattern in a sample of type II hypercholesteremic patients. J Psychosom Res. 1976;20(6):591-4. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(76)90061-1. No abstract available.

  PMID: 190398 BACKGROUND

• Aldrich RF, Brensike JF, Battaglini JW, Richardson JM, Loh IK, Stone NJ, Passamani ER, Ackerstein H, Seningen R, Borer JS, Levy RI, Epstein SE. Coronary calcifications in the detection of coronary artery disease and comparison with electrocardiographic exercise testing. Results from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's type II coronary intervention study. Circulation. 1979 Jun;59(6):1113-24. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.59.6.1113. No abstract available.

  PMID: 582024 BACKGROUND

• Brensike JF, Kelsey SF, Passamani ER, Fisher MR, Richardson JM, Loh IK, Stone NJ, Aldrich RF, Battaglini JW, Moriarty DJ, Myrianthopoulos MB, Detre KM, Epstein SE, Levy RI. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute type II Coronary Intervention Study: design, methods, and baseline characteristics. Control Clin Trials. 1982 Jun;3(2):91-111. doi: 10.1016/0197-2456(82)90038-1.

  PMID: 6749427 BACKGROUND

• Brensike JF, Levy RI, Kelsey SF, Passamani ER, Richardson JM, Loh IK, Stone NJ, Aldrich RF, Battaglini JW, Moriarty DJ, et al. Effects of therapy with cholestyramine on progression of coronary arteriosclerosis: results of the NHLBI Type II Coronary Intervention Study. Circulation. 1984 Feb;69(2):313-24. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.69.2.313.

  PMID: 6360414 BACKGROUND

• Levy RI, Brensike JF, Epstein SE, Kelsey SF, Passamani ER, Richardson JM, Loh IK, Stone NJ, Aldrich RF, Battaglini JW, et al. The influence of changes in lipid values induced by cholestyramine and diet on progression of coronary artery disease: results of NHLBI Type II Coronary Intervention Study. Circulation. 1984 Feb;69(2):325-37. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.69.2.325.

  PMID: 6360415 BACKGROUND

• Brown BG, Lin JT, Kelsey S, Passamani ER, Levy RI, Dodge HT, Detre KM. Progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with probable familial hypercholesterolemia. Quantitative arteriographic assessment of patients in NHLBI type II study. Arteriosclerosis. 1989 Jan-Feb;9(1 Suppl):I81-90.

  PMID: 2912435 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Coronary Disease; Heart Diseases; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardial Ischemia

Interventions

Cholestyramine Resin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Hyperlipoproteinemias; Hyperlipidemias; Dyslipidemias; Lipid Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Infarction; Ischemia; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Necrosis

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Polystyrenes; Plastics; Polymers; Macromolecular Substances; Biomedical and Dental Materials; Manufactured Materials; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Officials

• John Brensike

  Cardiology Branch, NHLBI

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 27, 1999
• First Posted: October 28, 1999
• Study Start: November 1, 1971
• Study Completion: November 1, 1976
• Last Updated: April 27, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-04