Abstract

Test whether sustained release form of simvastatin administered at a dose of 80 mg/day for 24 weeks will be more effective in lowering plasma LDL cholesterol levels than the currently avaialble conventional simvastatin administered at 80 mg/day. Test whether sustained release drug will reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater extent than regular drug without significant side effects.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
5M01RR000827-24
Application #
6279233
Study Section
Project Start
1997-12-01
Project End
1998-11-30
Budget Start
1997-10-01
Budget End
1998-09-30
Support Year
24
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of California San Diego
Department
Type
DUNS #
077758407
City
La Jolla
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92093

  Publications

Egnot, Natalie Suder; Barinas-Mitchell, Emma; Criqui, Michael H et al. (2018) An exploratory factor analysis of inflammatory and coagulation markers associated with femoral artery atherosclerosis in the San Diego Population Study. Thromb Res 164:9-14
Juraschek, Stephen P; Miller 3rd, Edgar R; Appel, Lawrence J (2018) Orthostatic Hypotension and Symptoms in the AASK Trial. Am J Hypertens 31:665-671
Grams, Morgan E; Sang, Yingying; Ballew, Shoshana H et al. (2018) Predicting timing of clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and severely decreased glomerular filtration rate. Kidney Int 93:1442-1451
Lavigne, Katie M; Woodward, Todd S (2018) Hallucination- and speech-specific hypercoupling in frontotemporal auditory and language networks in schizophrenia using combined task-based fMRI data: An fBIRN study. Hum Brain Mapp 39:1582-1595
Milot, Marie-Hélène; Marchal-Crespo, Laura; Beaulieu, Louis-David et al. (2018) Neural circuits activated by error amplification and haptic guidance training techniques during performance of a timing-based motor task by healthy individuals. Exp Brain Res 236:3085-3099
Hsu, Simon; Rifkin, Dena E; Criqui, Michael H et al. (2018) Relationship of femoral artery ultrasound measures of atherosclerosis with chronic kidney disease. J Vasc Surg 67:1855-1863.e1
Inker, Lesley A; Grams, Morgan E; Levey, Andrew S et al. (2018) Relationship of Estimated GFR and Albuminuria to Concurrent Laboratory Abnormalities: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis in a Global Consortium. Am J Kidney Dis :
Chen, Teresa K; Appel, Lawrence J; Grams, Morgan E et al. (2017) APOL1 Risk Variants and Cardiovascular Disease: Results From the AASK (African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension). Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 37:1765-1769
Juraschek, Stephen P; Appel, Lawrence J; Miller 3rd, Edgar R (2017) Metoprolol Increases Uric Acid and Risk of Gout in African Americans With Chronic Kidney Disease Attributed to Hypertension. Am J Hypertens 30:871-875
Chen, Teresa K; Tin, Adrienne; Peralta, Carmen A et al. (2017) APOL1 Risk Variants, Incident Proteinuria, and Subsequent eGFR Decline in Blacks with Hypertension-Attributed CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 12:1771-1777

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