Effect of Red Yeast Rice Beside Statin on Lipid Profile

Summary

We conducted a triple-blind clinical trial on 92 patients in 2019. They were randomly divided into a control group of 49 patients and a treatment group of 43 patients. Treatment group received Lesstat and placebo group received the same color tablets

Timeline

Start

2019-03-01

Primary completion

2021-03-01

Completion

2021-04-01

Publications

• Tavan A, Noroozi S, Zamiri B, Gholchin Vafa R, Rahmani M, Mehdizadeh Parizi M, Ahmadi A, Heydarzade R, Montaseri M, Hosseini SA, Kojuri J. Evaluation the effects of red yeast rice in combination with statin on lipid profile and inflammatory indices; a randomized clinical trial. BMC Nutr. 2022 Nov 25;8(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s40795-022-00639-z.

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