Carotid B-mode Ultrasound Study to Compare Anti-Atherosclerotic Effect of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin to Atorvastatin.

Phase 3 Terminated 755 enrolled Pfizer

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

The Torcetrapib project was terminated on December 2, 2006 due to safety findings. To look at ultrasound images taken in the carotid arteries and to look at various lipids in the blood of people with mixed hyperlipidemia

Timeline

Start: 2003-11
Primary completion: 2006-12
Completion: 2006-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper difference -0.005 mm per year, 95% CI -0.018 to 0.008, p=0.46). PMID 17630038 ↗

paper did not affect the yearly rate of change in the maximum intima-media thickness of 12 carotid segments. PMID 17630038 ↗

Publications

Clezar CN, Flumignan CD, Cassola N, Nakano LC, Trevisani VF, Flumignan RL. Pharmacological interventions for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Aug 4;8(8):CD013573. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013573.pub2.
Tajik P, Meijer R, Duivenvoorden R, Peters SA, Kastelein JJ, Visseren FJ, Crouse JR 3rd, Palmer MK, Raichlen JS, Grobbee DE, Bots ML. Asymmetrical distribution of atherosclerosis in the carotid artery: identical patterns across age, race, and gender. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2012 Aug;19(4):687-97. doi: 10.1177/1741826711410821. Epub 2011 May 25.
Vergeer M, Bots ML, van Leuven SI, Basart DC, Sijbrands EJ, Evans GW, Grobbee DE, Visseren FL, Stalenhoef AF, Stroes ES, Kastelein JJ. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor torcetrapib and off-target toxicity: a pooled analysis of the rating atherosclerotic disease change by imaging with a new CETP inhibitor (RADIANCE) trials. Circulation. 2008 Dec 9;118(24):2515-22. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.772665. Epub 2008 Nov 24.
Bots ML, Visseren FL, Evans GW, Riley WA, Revkin JH, Tegeler CH, Shear CL, Duggan WT, Vicari RM, Grobbee DE, Kastelein JJ; RADIANCE 2 Investigators. Torcetrapib and carotid intima-media thickness in mixed dyslipidaemia (RADIANCE 2 study): a randomised, double-blind trial. Lancet. 2007 Jul 14;370(9582):153-160. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61088-5.
Kastelein JJ, van Leuven SI, Evans GW, Riley WA, Revkin JH, Shear CL, Bots ML; RADIANCE 1 and 2 Study Investigators. Designs of RADIANCE 1 and 2: carotid ultrasound studies comparing the effects of torcetrapib/atorvastatin with atorvastatin alone on atherosclerosis. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Apr;23(4):885-94. doi: 10.1185/030079907x182121.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Atorvastatin	Small molecule	—	Oral
Subject	torcetrapib	Small molecule	60 mg	Oral