Effects of Pitavastatin on Monocyte, Endothelial Dysfunction and HDL-C in Subjects With Metabolic Syndrome

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine in detail the acute and chronic effects of pitavastatin on plasma lipid transport and atheroma biomarkers in patients at elevated risk for the premature development of atherosclerosis (CAPITAIN).

Timeline

Start

2010-10

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-06

Publications

• Chapman MJ, Orsoni A, Mellett NA, Nguyen A, Robillard P, Shaw JE, Giral P, Therond P, Swertfeger D, Davidson WS, Meikle PJ. Pitavastatin treatment remodels the HDL subclass lipidome and proteome in hypertriglyceridemia. J Lipid Res. 2024 Feb;65(2):100494. doi: 10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100494. Epub 2023 Dec 29.
• Therond P, Chapman MJ. Sphingosine-1-phosphate: metabolism, transport, atheroprotection and effect of statin treatment. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2022 Jun 1;33(3):199-207. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000825. Epub 2022 Mar 9.
• Chapman MJ, Orsoni A, Tan R, Mellett NA, Nguyen A, Robillard P, Giral P, Therond P, Meikle PJ. LDL subclass lipidomics in atherogenic dyslipidemia: effect of statin therapy on bioactive lipids and dense LDL. J Lipid Res. 2020 Jun;61(6):911-932. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P119000543. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
• Chapman MJ, Orsoni A, Robillard P, Therond P, Giral P. Duality of statin action on lipoprotein subpopulations in the mixed dyslipidemia of metabolic syndrome: Quantity vs quality over time and implication of CETP. J Clin Lipidol. 2018 May-Jun;12(3):784-800.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2018.02.001. Epub 2018 Feb 9.
• Orsoni A, Therond P, Tan R, Giral P, Robillard P, Kontush A, Meikle PJ, Chapman MJ. Statin action enriches HDL3 in polyunsaturated phospholipids and plasmalogens and reduces LDL-derived phospholipid hydroperoxides in atherogenic mixed dyslipidemia. J Lipid Res. 2016 Nov;57(11):2073-2087. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P068585. Epub 2016 Aug 31.
• Meikle PJ, Wong G, Tan R, Giral P, Robillard P, Orsoni A, Hounslow N, Magliano DJ, Shaw JE, Curran JE, Blangero J, Kingwell BA, Chapman MJ. Statin action favors normalization of the plasma lipidome in the atherogenic mixed dyslipidemia of MetS: potential relevance to statin-associated dysglycemia. J Lipid Res. 2015 Dec;56(12):2381-92. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P061143. Epub 2015 Oct 20.
• Chapman MJ, Orsoni A, Robillard P, Hounslow N, Sponseller CA, Giral P. Effect of high-dose pitavastatin on glucose homeostasis in patients at elevated risk of new-onset diabetes: insights from the CAPITAIN and PREVAIL-US studies. Curr Med Res Opin. 2014 May;30(5):775-84. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2013.874989. Epub 2014 Jan 10.

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