Pleiotropism of Statin Therapy in High Dose Versus Low Dose Combined With Ezetimibe

NCT01241097 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2010-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

* To test the hypothesis that therapy with high dose statin provides endothelial superior benefit to the same cholesterol lowering with low-dose statin combined with ezetimibe.
* To test the hypothesis that therapy with high dose statin provides anti-inflammatory effect than the same reduction of cholesterol with low dose of statin plus ezetimibe

Conditions

  • Endothelial Function

Interventions

DRUG

simvastatin, combined with simvastatin ezetimibe, placebo

simvastatin 80 mg per days or simvastatin 10 mg and ezetimibe 10 mg, over a period of eight weeks, treatment consisted of tablets identical, or placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica

    collaborator OTHER
  • Federal University of Bahia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maristela M Garcia, MD · Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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