title: Treatment of hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP) type II A with a new phenoxy-isobuturic acid derivative, procetofen.
abstract: Eleven patients with hyperlipoproteinemia (HLP) type II A, were treated for 3 months with a new compound, a phenoxy-isobuturic acid derivative, procetofen, at a dosage of 100 mg t.i.d. Mean plasma cholesterol decreased after 3 months by 25% from a pretreatment value of 10.3 +/- 0.7 mmol/l (p less than 0.001). The reduction of plasma cholesterol was apparently due not only to a decrease in LDL, as expressed from a marked reduction (15%) of the major LDL apolipoprotein moiety, apolipoprotein B, but also presumably to a decrease in VLDL as reflected from a marked reduction (45%, p less than 0.05) in plasma triglycerides. Furthermore, a marked favourable increase (28%, p less than 0.001) in HDL major apolipoprotein moiety, apolipoprotein A, was observed. No disagreeable side-effects were recorded, except for a skin rash in one patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D001835:Body Weight; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D011345:Fenofibrate / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011422:Propionates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008055:Lipids; D011422:Propionates; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D011345:Fenofibrate