Conditions: High Cholesterol
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 54
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
To determine the effects of policosanol on the cholesterol profile.

Detailed description:
The primary objectives of this study are to determine the changes in the lipid profile \[LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides, total cholesterol\] and the emerging risk factor, Lp(a), when policosanol is added to statin therapy. Additionally, one more primary objective is to evaluate the safety of the combination regimen.

Arms:
arm 1: Policosanol 20mg daily arm 2: None arm 3: Policosanol 20mg daily Plus Statin Therapy Already In Use

Interventions: intervention 1: Policosanol intervention 2: Placebo intervention 3: Policosanol Plus Already In Use Statin Therapy
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Policosanol 20 mg daily intervention 2: Placebo daily intervention 3: Policosanol 20 mg daily Statin Therapy

Protocol document: