Efficacy Study of SIMVASTATIN to Treat Chronic Rhinosinusitis After Failure of Optimal Treatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical efficacy of oral treatment with a statin, SIMVASTATIN 40mg, in a target population of patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis resistant to surgery followed by conventional medical and surgical treatment.

Timeline

Start

2012-08

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

2015-07

Publications

• Background Vaidyanathan S, Barnes M, Williamson P, Hopkinson P, Donnan PT, Lipworth B. Treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis with oral steroids followed by topical steroids: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Mar 1;154(5):293-302. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-5-201103010-00003.
• Background Rezaie-Majd A, Maca T, Bucek RA, Valent P, Muller MR, Husslein P, Kashanipour A, Minar E, Baghestanian M. Simvastatin reduces expression of cytokines interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in circulating monocytes from hypercholesterolemic patients. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002 Jul 1;22(7):1194-9. doi: 10.1161/01.atv.0000022694.16328.cc.
• Background McKay A, Leung BP, McInnes IB, Thomson NC, Liew FY. A novel anti-inflammatory role of simvastatin in a murine model of allergic asthma. J Immunol. 2004 Mar 1;172(5):2903-8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.5.2903.
• Background Sakoda K, Yamamoto M, Negishi Y, Liao JK, Node K, Izumi Y. Simvastatin decreases IL-6 and IL-8 production in epithelial cells. J Dent Res. 2006 Jun;85(6):520-3. doi: 10.1177/154405910608500608.
• Background Wang W, Le W, Ahuja R, Cho DY, Hwang PH, Upadhyay D. Inhibition of inflammatory mediators: role of statins in airway inflammation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Jun;144(6):982-7. doi: 10.1177/0194599811400367. Epub 2011 Apr 5.
• Background Lund VJ, Kennedy DW. Quantification for staging sinusitis. The Staging and Therapy Group. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 1995 Oct;167:17-21.

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