title: Effect of calcium p-chlorphenoxyisobutyrate and calcium carbonate on plasma lipids and lipoproteins of patients with hyperlipoproteinaemia.
abstract: Since dietary calcium had been reported to reduce plasma lipids, the effects of calcium carbonate (CaCO3, 2 g/day) and the calcium salt of p-chlorphenozyisobutyrate (Ca-CPIB, 2 g/day), both singly and in combination, were studied in outpatients with primary hyperlipidaemia. Three groups of five patients were followed in a double-blind cross-over study, in which placebo and the drugs were given alternately during four-week periods. The main results were: 1) CaCO3 alone did not produce any significant changes in plasma lipids. 2) Ca-CPIB reduced LDL-cholesterol in patients with type IIa and IIb by an average of 29 and 21%, respectively. It also lowered VLDL-triglyceride by 50% in type IIb and by 48% in four out of five patients with type IV. 3) The combination of CaCO3 and Ca-CPIB reduced LDL-cholesterol by 31 and 25% in types IIa and IIb, respectively. It also lowered VLDL-triglyceride by 48-52% in types IIa and by 46% in four out of five patients with type IIb. 4) Three out of five patients with type IV had a rise of LDL-cholesterol while on Ca-CPIB alone; two of the patients had the rise while on the combination. 5) After treatment with Ca-CPIB, either singly or in combination, there was a statistically significant lowering of ESR and of plasma inorganic phosphate and alkaline phosphatase. No clinical side effects were noted.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D002994:Clofibrate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D010710:Phosphates; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D002994:Clofibrate