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Coadministration of Ezetimibe and Atorvastatin in Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia (P05456)

Information source: Schering-Plough
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Hypercholesterolemia

Intervention: Ezetimibe (Drug); atorvastatin (Drug)

Phase: Phase 3

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: Schering-Plough

Overall contact:
SP Clinical Trial Registry Call Center, Phone: 1-888-772-8734

Summary

Evaluate the safety of the long-term (1 year) coadministration of ezetimibe and atorvastatin in patients with hypercholesterolemia who have not reached LDL-cholesterol target with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.

Clinical Details

Official title: Open-Label, Long-Term Study of Coadministration of Ezetimibe and Atorvastatin in Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia Who Have Not Reached LDL-Cholesterol Target With HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

Study design: Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

Primary outcome: Adverse events and adverse reactions

Secondary outcome:

Laboratory test results and vital signs

% change in LDL-cholesterol from before the start of treatment to the end of treatment

Proportion of patients showing an LDL-cholesterol value reaching the lipid management target

% change in serum lipids, serum lipoproteins, and hs-CRP

Eligibility

Minimum age: 20 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with hypercholesterolemia who satisfy the following criteria:

- Patients who have used any of the following HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

(hereinafter referred to as "statins") for 4 weeks or longer before the start of the observation period and whose LDL-cholesterol level during the treatment had not reached lipid management target

- Age: 20 years of age or older (at the time of obtaining informed consent)

- Sex: both males and females

- Inpatient/outpatient: Out-patient

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients for whom any of the following is applicable:

- Patients whose fasted triglyceride level measured at the start of the observation

period or the treatment period exceeds 500 mg/dL

- Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

- Patients with CPK > 2x ULN measured at the start of the observation period or the

treatment period.

- Patients with serious hepatic disorder, or patients with ALT or AST > 2x ULN

measured at the start of the observation period or the treatment period.

- Patients with a history of hypersensitivity to any ingredient of ezetimibe

tablets or atorvastatin tablets

- Pregnant, nursing women, women who may be pregnant, or patients wishing to be

pregnant during the study.

- Patients who have discontinued use of serum lipid lowering agents for less than 4

weeks at the start of the treatment period (8 weeks in the case of probucol). (However, if the patient had taken a serum lipid lowering agent before the test conducted at the start of the observation period, a period of discontinuation of 27 days, or 55 days in the case of probucol, is allowed.)

- Patients who are using cyclosporine from after the start of the observation

period

- Patients with a history of ezetimibe use

- Patients with hyperlipidemia associated with the following diseases:

- Hypothyroidism

- Obstructive gall bladder or biliary disease

- Chronic renal failure

- Pancreatitis

- Patients with hyperlipidemia associated with concomitant use of drugs having

adverse effect on serum lipids, etc

- Patients who have received an investigational drug within 4 weeks of the start of

the observation period

- Other patients deemed not appropriate for study entry by the investigator

Locations and Contacts

SP Clinical Trial Registry Call Center, Phone: 1-888-772-8734

Investigational Site 1, Okinawa 901-2132, Japan; Recruiting
Additional Information

Starting date: December 2007
Ending date: May 2009
Last updated: April 1, 2008

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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