Experiment 610616
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | BATISTA,J: STUSSER,R: PENICHET,M: UGUET,E:. (1995). DOPPLER-ULTRASOUND PILOT STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM POLICOSANOL THERAPY ON CAROTID-VERTEBRAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS.. 56(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PHASE II STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF 5MG POLICOSANOL TWICE DAILY ON HEMODYNAMIC CAROTID-VERTEBRAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN 22 PTS. WAS PERFORMED. AFTER ONE YEAR, PROGRESSION AND STABILIZATION OF THE DISEASE WERE ABSENT. THE PROGRESSION/REGRESSION RATIO WAS 2 TIMES LOWER IN THE TREATMENT GROUP, AND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A MODERATE PECENT REDUCTION IN LDL; HDL RATIO. RESULTS SUGGEST THAT POLICOSANOL IN COMBINATION WITH A LOW FAT DIET IMPROVES HEMODYNAMIC ABNORMALITIES IN PTS. WITH MILD CVA AND NORMAL LIPID LEVELS OR TYPE II HYPERLIPIDEMIA. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |