Ezetimibe and Simvastatin in Primary Hypercholesterolemia, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, and Coronary Heart Disease (COMPLETED)

Summary

This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study will assess, after 6 weeks of dosing, whether co-administration of ezetimibe 10 mg with simvastatin 20 mg will be more effective than treatment with doubling the dose of simvastatin to 40 mg alone in reducing low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) concentrations and in achieving the National Cholesterol Expert Panel (NCEP) III LDL-C target goal of \<2.6 mmol/L (\<100 mg/dL) for subjects with diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease.

Timeline

Start

2005-07-12

Primary completion

2007-02-16

Completion

2007-02-16

Publications

• Results Bardini G, Giorda CB, Pontiroli AE, Le Grazie C, Rotella CM. Ezetimibe + simvastatin versus doubling the dose of simvastatin in high cardiovascular risk diabetics: a multicenter, randomized trial (the LEAD study). Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2010 May 21;9:20. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-9-20.
• Rotella CM, Zaninelli A, Le Grazie C, Hanson ME, Gensini GF. Ezetimibe/simvastatin vs simvastatin in coronary heart disease patients with or without diabetes. Lipids Health Dis. 2010 Jul 27;9:80. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-9-80.

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