Phase 2 Study of Orlistat and SLx-4090 for the Treatment of Type 1 Hyperlipoproteinemia

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2020-06-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Funding Source - FDA OOPD

This study is being done to find out whether an investigational (not approved by FDA ) drug called SLx-4090 or Orlistat (FDA approved medication for weight loss) when given alone or in combination can treat the high blood fat (elevated triglycerides)levels found in the condition Type 1 Hyperlipoproteinemia (T1HLP) better or more safely than low fat diet alone, the current standard medical care.

It is also not clear whether Orlistat, that is FDA approved for weight loss, is effective in lowering blood fat levels in patients with Type 1 hyperlipoproteinemia (T1HLP). The researchers are interested in learning whether any one of these drugs when given alone or in combination is more effective and safe in treating T1HLP.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Treatments: Orlistat

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Type I hyperlipoproteinemia.

• Fasting serum triglyceride levels of greater than 1000 mg/dL.

• Age > 12 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Secondary hypertriglyceridemias due to diabetes, renal disease, hypothyroidism, alcoholism and drug therapy such as estrogens and estrogen analogues, steroids, HIV-protease inhibitors, retinoic acid derivatives and interferons.

• Pregnant or lactating women

• Significant liver disease (elevated transaminases > 2 times upper limit of normal)

• Alcohol abuse (> 7 drinks or 84 g per week for women and > 14 drinks for men or 168 g per week for men)

• Drug use (cocaine, marijuana, LSD, etc.)

• Major surgery in the past three months

• Congestive heart failure

• Serum creatinine greater than 2.5 mg/dL

• Cancer within the past five years

• Gastrointestinal surgery in the past

• Current therapy with anti-coagulants, digoxin and anti-arrhythmics

• Chronic malabsorption syndromes

• Cholestasis

• Acute illnesses such as acute pancreatitis in the last 8 weeks