Effect of Red Yeast Rice Beside Statin on Lipid Profile

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We conducted a triple-blind clinical trial on 92 patients in 2019. They were randomly divided into a control group of 49 patients and a treatment group of 43 patients. Treatment group received Lesstat and placebo group received the same color tablets

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: Red yeast rice

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having serum levels of LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) at least 100 mg/dL and being treated with any group of statins for at least 3 months prior to the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having very high serum levels of LDL-C (above 200 mg/dL)

• Hypersensitivity to orlistat

• Using other lipid-lowering agents with statins

• History of liver disease

• Pregnancy.