Status:

UNKNOWN

Tolerability and Lipid Lowering Effect of Weekly/Biweekly Crestor in Statin Intolerant Patients Treated With Zetia

Lead Sponsor:

Bronx VA Medical Center

Conditions:

Hypercholesterolemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Recently, research studies have shown that patients who have had trouble taking statins every day, are able to take statins if they take them only once or twice a week. The investigators are doing a r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with a history of intolerance to statins
  • Patients currently receiving ezetimibe
  • Patients willing and able to provide signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • Patients receiving a statin (Lipitor, Crestor, Lescol, Simvastatin, or Pravachol)
  • Stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, or major surgery within 3 months
  • Cancer undergoing active treatment
  • Creatinine clearance \< 40 ml/minute
  • Active liver disease or persistent elevation of SGOT or SGPT \> 2 times the upper limit of normal level
  • Participation in any clinical study within the last 30 days
  • Drug addition or alcohol abuse within the past 6 months
  • Use of cyclosporine within the last 3 months
  • Use of gemfibrozil within the last month
  • Patients unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
  • Patients with poor compliance
  • Women of childbearing potential
  • History of rhabdomyolysis due to statins

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00972829

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

March 1 2011

Last Update

September 10 2009

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Bronx VA Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10468