Status:

COMPLETED

Statin Drugs to Prevent Complications During Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Conditions:

Inflammation

Myocardial Infarction

Eligibility:

All Genders

45+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery frequently experience perioperative cardiac complications that may be due to excess inflammatory reactions. Lipid lowering drugs called HMG-CoA reductase inhibi...

Detailed Description

Despite modern improvements in operative care, non-cardiac surgery is still associated with significant and costly cardiac complications. The incidence of major perioperative cardiac events varies, ra...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • elective high-risk surgery defined by use of the POISE criteria
  • over 45 years of age

Exclusion

  • lack of informed consent
  • contraindication to statin (i.e. liver insufficiency or cirrhosis, active muscular disorder or myopathy, or previous adverse reaction to statin)
  • pregnant
  • enrolled in another conflicting study
  • previously enrolled in STAR VaS
  • presently using a statin drug

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00967434

Start Date

December 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2010

Last Update

June 12 2018

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The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y4E9