HOE-402 (4-amino-2-[4,4-dimethyl-2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl]-pyrimidine-5-N- [trifluoromethylphenyl]-carboxamide-monohydrochloride) has been shown to exhibit hypolipidemic action in heterozygous Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits. In all animals, elevated cholesterol levels were reduced to normal (from 3.0 to 1.5 mmol/L) after 3 weeks of HOE-402 treatment. This was due entirely to reduction ...
