Effect of Aged Garlic Extract on Atherosclerosis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 65
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- CT Angiography Plaque
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators will be assessing the effect of Aged Garlic Extract on the coronary arteries. The investigators will enroll patients in a double blind study, where half the patients will receive placebo, and have the patients undergo a series of tests of plaque (CT scan of the heart, carotid ultrasound) and follow the patients on the drug or placebo and then repeat the tests and blood work at the end of one year. The investigators will assess if being on aged garlic extract adds any benefit to plaque in the coronary or neck arteries. The investigators will also assess the effect of aged garlic extract on markers of inflammation. Patients will receive free drug, free testing and be compensated, and learn more about their heart and neck arteries. if successful, more patients can use this drug to benefit their health. The harms include the radiation from the CT scan and the medication, which has mild side effects.
详细描述
The investigators will be assessing the effect of Aged Garlic Extract on the coronary arteries. The investigators will enroll patients in a double blind study, where half the patients will receive placebo, and have the patients undergo a series of tests of plaque (CT scan of the heart, carotid ultrasound) and follow the patients on the drug or placebo and then repeat the tests and blood work at the end of one year. The investigators will assess if being on aged garlic extract adds any benefit to plaque in the coronary or neck arteries. The investigators will also assess the effect of aged garlic extract on markers of inflammation. Patients will receive free drug, free testing and be compensated, and learn more about their heart and neck arteries. if successful, more patients can use this drug to benefit their health. The harms include the radiation from the CT scan and the medication, which has mild side effects. The study will perform advanced CT angiography at baseline and follow up along with carotid intimal media thickness testing, to see if plaque is slowed down by Aged Garlic Extract
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Sugar pill
placebo
干预措施: placebo (Drug)
Aged Garlic Extract
2400 mg of aged garlic extract
干预措施: aged garlic extract (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
CT Angiography Plaque
时间窗: baseline to 1 year
we will measure low attenuation plaque at baseline (in volume) and then again at 1 year. we will assess if there is a reduction in low attenuation plaque volume (percent change from baseline), defined as \[followup-baseline\]/baseline x100%. Baseline was time zero, followup CT scan was 1 year.
次要结局
- Coronary Calcium(1 year)