Improving heart disease treatment and cholesterol care
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This program aims to improve how doctors manage cholesterol and other treatments for people with heart or blood vessel disease. It focuses on patients who also have diabetes or a genetic high-cholesterol condition, and are seen at Mass General Brigham.
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Who can take part
- You must be between 18 and 95 years old.
- You must have a history of heart or blood vessel disease (like a heart attack, stroke, or leg artery disease).
- You must either have diabetes or a genetic condition that causes very high cholesterol (familial hypercholesterolemia).
- You should have a primary care doctor, heart doctor, kidney doctor, or diabetes doctor at Mass General Brigham (MGB) – but you are not eligible if you don't.
- You cannot be on dialysis for kidney failure, in hospice, or have advanced dementia.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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