Benefits Of Using Various Starting Doses Of Atorvastatin On Achievement Of Cholesterol Targets

Summary

European physicians tend to always use the lowest dose of statins to initiate therapy even in subjects who require large reductions in cholesterol. The study evaluates if selecting the starting dose based on baseline and target LDL-C cholesterol would provide better results (ie proportion of subjects resching target)

Timeline

Start

2003-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-02

Publications

• Farsang C, Athyros V, Gaw A; ACTFAST-2 investigators and Steering Committee members. A multicentre, open study to assess the effect of individualizing starting doses of atorvastatin according to baseline LDL-C levels on achieving cholesterol targets: the Achieve Cholesterol Targets Fast with Atorvastatin Stratified Titration (ACTFAST-2) study. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Aug;23(8):1945-56. doi: 10.1185/030079907X223242.

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