Effects of short-term treatment with coenzyme A or sulodexide on plasma lipids in patients with hypertriglyceridemia (type IV) or mixed hyperlipemia (type IIb)

Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther Toxicol. 1986 Jul;24(7):390-6.

Abstract

Twenty-seven inpatients suffering from type II and IV dyslipidemia, randomly divided into two groups of 14 and 13 subjects, were treated with coenzyme A (2,000 Lipmann U daily) and sulodexide (300 Lipasemic U daily), respectively, in both cases administered intravenously for 20 days. The principial plasma lipid parameters (total and HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol in subjects with triglyceridemia less than 400 mg/dl, triglycerides, apoproteins and lipoproteins) were recorded before and after treatment. Tests on patients included an assessment, on a semiquantitative scale, of symptoms arising from modifications of blood flow to the various organs. Statistical analysis of data demonstrated that coenzyme A has a significant cholesterol-lowering action (with an increase in HDL-cholesterol) and a more pronounced hypotriglyceridemic effect in both types of dyslipidemia considered, results on both variables proving more satisfactory than with the control drug.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Coenzyme A / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Glycosaminoglycans / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV / blood
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV / drug therapy*
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V / blood
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type V / drug therapy*
  • Hypolipidemic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Lipids / blood*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Random Allocation
  • Time Factors
  • Triglycerides / blood

Substances

  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Glycosaminoglycans
  • Hypolipidemic Agents
  • Lipids
  • Triglycerides
  • glucuronyl glucosamine glycan sulfate
  • Coenzyme A