Status:

COMPLETED

DISCOVERY Asia - Crestor in Type IIa and IIb Hypercholesteremia

Lead Sponsor:

AstraZeneca

Conditions:

Hypercholesterolemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This clinical trial is being performed to investigate the effect of 12 weeks treatment with rosuvastatin and atorvastatin in bringing subjects to their established EAS LDL-C target goal.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Visit 1:
  • Written informed consent to participate in the trial (Appendix B)
  • Male or female subjects, age \> 18 years
  • Primary hypercholesterolaemia with CV risk \> 20%/10yrs, type 2 diabetes, a history of CHD or other established atherosclerotic disease (definition given in Appendix L).
  • Subjects may be lipid-lowering therapy-naïve, but have completed 6-weeks dietary counselling before this visit OR Subjects may be treated with the 'start' dose of other lipid lowering therapy, which is ineffective, ie. The subject has not met LDL-C treatment goals.
  • Subjects willing to follow all study procedures including attendance at clinics for scheduled study visits, fasting prior to blood draws and compliance with study treatment regimen
  • Visit 2:
  • Subjects switched from start dose of a lipid lowering therapy (commonly accepted start dose) will have fasting LDL-C levels \> 3.1 mmol (120 mg/dl)
  • Newly treated subjects, after a six-weeks dietary counselling, will have fasting LDL-C levels \> 3.5 mmol/L (135 mg/dL)
  • Fasting triglycerides £ 4.52 mmol/L (400 mg/dL)
  • Switched patients must stop current lipid lowering treatment at randomisation (Visit 2)

Exclusion

  • Known heterozygous or homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia or known type III hyperlipoproteinaemia (familial dysbetalipoproteinaemia)
  • Documented secondary hypercholesterolaemia of any cause other than named in inclusion criteria 3
  • History of serious adverse effect or hypersensitivity reactions to other HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, in particular any history of myopathy
  • Unstable angina within three months prior to inclusion in the study
  • Active liver disease or hepatic dysfunction as defined by elevations of AST or ALT ³ 1.5 times the ULN. In this case, a second determination of hepatic tests will be performed after one week. If the dysfunction is confirmed, the subject must not be included in the study
  • Known uncontrolled diabetes
  • Uncontrolled hypertension defined as either resting diastolic blood pressure of \> 95mmHg or resting systolic blood pressure of \> 200 mmHg
  • Unexplained serum CK \> 3 times ULN (eg not due to recent trauma, intramuscular injections, heavy exercise etc)
  • Serum creatinine \> 220 µmol/L (2.5mg/dL)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

1362 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00241488

Start Date

June 1 2003

End Date

February 1 2007

Last Update

February 7 2008

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Beijing, China

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Ching Qing, China

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Guangzhou, China

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Harbin, China