drugset / Trial / NCT00276484
To Evaluate Ezetimibe Plus Atorvastatin Versus Atorvastatin in Patients With High Cholesterol Not Controlled on Atorvastatin 40 mg (0653-090)
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment
Summary
To Evaluate and Compare the Efficacy and Safety of Ezetimibe Plus Atorvastatin Versus Atorvastatin in Hypercholesterolemic Patients at High Risk for Coronary Heart Disease Not Adequately Controlled on Atorvastatin 40 mg.
Timeline
- Start
- 2006-02
- Primary completion
- 2008-02
- Completion
- 2008-03
Publications
- Background Leiter LA, Bays H, Conard S, Bird S, Rubino J, Hanson ME, Tomassini JE, Tershakovec AM. Efficacy and safety of ezetimibe added on to atorvastatin (40 mg) compared with uptitration of atorvastatin (to 80 mg) in hypercholesterolemic patients at high risk of coronary heart disease. Am J Cardiol. 2008 Dec 1;102(11):1495-501. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.09.076. Epub 2008 Oct 23.
- Bays H, Conard S, Leiter LA, Bird S, Jensen E, Hanson ME, Shah A, Tershakovec AM. Are post-treatment low-density lipoprotein subclass pattern analyses potentially misleading? Lipids Health Dis. 2010 Nov 30;9:136. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-9-136.
- Conard S, Bays H, Leiter LA, Bird S, Lin J, Hanson ME, Shah A, Tershakovec AM. Ezetimibe added to atorvastatin compared with doubling the atorvastatin dose in patients at high risk for coronary heart disease with diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome or neither. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2010 Mar;12(3):210-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2009.01152.x.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Atorvastatin | Small molecule | 40 mg | Oral |
| Subject | Atorvastatin | Small molecule | 80 mg | Oral |
| Subject | Ezetimibe | Unknown | 10 mg | Oral |