Researchers launch major study to unravel cholesterol mysteries
NCT ID NCT00353782
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 15 times
Summary
This study aims to learn more about lipid disorders—conditions that affect fats like cholesterol in the blood. Researchers will observe up to 2,000 people with abnormal cholesterol levels to better understand how these disorders develop and how to diagnose them. Participants will undergo standard medical tests, but no new treatments are being tested.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2003
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Unlimited
- Ages
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2 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: * Children \>= 2 years of age and \>12 kg and adults * Dyslipidemia subjects of interest the group The following is a representative list of the types of patient presentations with dyslipidemia and potential diagnoses eligible for this protocol: * Plasma cholesterol levels \>200 mg/dl or \<120 mg/dl includes patients with diagnoses such as familial hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, sitosterolemia, lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase or apo-CII deficiency, and dysbetalipoproteinemia. * Plasma LDL-C levels \>130 mg/dl or \<70 mg/dl includes patients with diagnoses such as familial hypercholesterolemia, PCSK9, apo3500, familial combined hyperlipidemia, sitosterolemia, dysbetalipoproteinemia, abetalipoproteinemia and hypobetalipoproteinemia. * Plasma HDL-C levels \>70 mg/dl or \<25 mg/dl includes patients with deficiency of cholesteryl ester transfer protein, lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase, phospholipid transfer protein, lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase, or apo-CII, ANGPTL3, and Tangier disease. * Plasma triglyceride levels \>150 mg/dl includes patients with deficiency of lipoprotein lipase, hepatic lipase or apoC-II, GPIHBP1, LMF1, dysbetalipoproteinemia, Type I, Type IV and Type V hyperlipidemia.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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