title: Lipid-lowering effect of the new drugs eniclobrate and beclobrate in patients with hyperlipidemia type II a and type II b.
abstract: First clinical results are presented for two newly developed drugs. Both are diphenylmethane derivatives named ethyl-(+/-)-2-([alpha-(p-chlorophenyl)-p-tolyl]-oxy)-2-methylbutyrate (beclobrate, B) and (+/-)-2-(4-[(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]phenoxy)-2-methyl-butanacid-3-pyridinylmethylester (eniclobrate, E). These drugs were given in a doubleblind crossover trial with placebo periods before, in between and afterwards to 6 patients with type IIb and 13 patients with type IIa hyperlipidemia. Beclobrate was given in a dosage of 100 mg twice daily and eniclobrate in a dosage of 130 mg twice daily. Besides effectively reducing LDL-cholesterol in type IIa there was a remarkable increase in HDL-cholesterol in both types of hyperlipidemia especially for beclobrate.
mesh_terms: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; C021021:eniclobrate; C020978:beclobrate