V型高脂血症におけるゲンフィブロジルの低脂血症効果について. ダブルブラインド・クロスオーバー研究です
D A Leaf1, W E Connor, D R Illingworth
1Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
JAMA
|December 8, 1989
まとめ
ジェムフィブロジルは,V型高脂血症患者のトリグリセリドとコレステロールを効果的に低下させます. この低脂症剤はよく耐受され,低脂肪食と併せて重度の高トリグリセリデミアの管理に役立ちます.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- メタボリック障害 メタボリック障害
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
背景:
- V型高脂血症は,トリグリセリドとコレステロールのレベルが上昇することが特徴的な重篤な遺伝疾患です.
- V型高脂血症の効果的な管理戦略は,心血管合併症の予防に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- V型高脂血症患者の治療におけるゲンフィブロジルの有効性と耐性を評価する.
- ゲンフィブロジルがトリグリセリド,総コレステロール,LDL-C,HDL-Cを含む血脂質プロファイルに与える影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- ランダム化,ダブルブラインド,クロスオーバー研究で,V型高脂血症の13人の患者が参加した.
- 患者は,ゲンフィブロジルまたはプラセボを2つの8週間の期間,その間に4週間の洗い流し期間で隔てて投与された.
- 4週間の低脂肪ダイエットベースラインは,ダイエットコントロールとして研究に先行しました.
主要な成果:
- ジェムフィブロジルは,プラセボと比較して,プラズマトライグリセリドと非常に低密度のリポプロテイントライグリセリドを有意に減少させた.
- 血の全コレステロールと非常に低密度の脂質タンパク質コレステロールのレベルも,ゲムフィブロジルによって有意に低下しました.
- チロミクロネミアはほぼ排除され,低密度リポプロテインコレステロールと高密度リポプロテインコレステロールの増加が観察されました.
結論:
- ジェムフィブロジルは,V型超脂血症患者の重度の高トリグリセリデミアの管理に適した耐性および効果的な低脂血症剤です.
- ゲンフィブロジルと低脂肪食との併用療法が,最適な脂質管理のために推奨されます.
- ジェムフィブロジルは,アテロゲン性リポプロテインを減少させ,全体的な脂質プロフィールを改善することで有意な利点を示しています.
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