12-week Open-label, Phase IIIb Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Rosuvastatin (CRESTOR™) in Combination With Ezetimibe

NCT00525824 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1743

Last updated 2011-05-13

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment of Rosuvastatin (CRESTOR™) or Simvastatin given as monotherapy or given in combination with Ezetimibe, will lower the Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) in patients with Hypercholesterolaemia and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) or a CHD Risk Equivalent, Atherosclerosis or a 10-year CHD Risk of \>20%

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Rosuvastatin (Crestor)

10mg and 20 mg

DRUG

Ezetimibe

10 mg

DRUG

Simvastatin

40mg and 80 mg

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Christie M Ballantyne, MD FACP FACC · Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

  • Margareta Grind, MD PhD FFPM · Medicine and Sciences AstraZeneca

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Peru
  • Venezuela

Study Locations

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