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临床试验/ISRCTN64894118
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A 12-week, randomised, double-blind study evaluating the effects of low-dose (10 mg) and high-dose (80 mg) atorvastatin on macrophage activity and carotid plaque inflammation as determined by ultra small super-paramagnetic iron oxide (USPIO) enhanced carotid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

GlaxoSmithKline (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 2006年3月29日最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
未知
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
40

研究概览

简要总结

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • A subject will be eligible for inclusion in this study only if all of the following criteria are met:
  • 1. Signed written informed consent prior to beginning study-related procedures (subject must understand the aims, investigational procedures and possible consequences of the study)
  • 2. Male or female aged 18 to 80 years of age at screening. Female subjects must be of non-childbearing potential (post-menopausal females who have been amenorrheic >1 year, or pre-menopausal females with a documented hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy).
  • 3. Positive USPIO-enhanced MRI of carotid plaque confirmed by a consultant neuroradiologist. This will be pre-defined.
  • 4. Must either be statin naive or have been on a stable dose of a statin for =4 weeks prior to screening, with no evidence of statin intolerability

排除标准

  • A subject will not be eligible for inclusion in this study if any of the following criteria apply:
  • 1. Required continued use of non-statin lipid modifying therapies
  • 2. History of statin intolerance
  • 3. History of chronic viral hepatitis or other chronic hepatic disorders
  • 4. Renal impairment
  • 5. History of myopathy or inflammatory muscle disease
  • 6. Doppler assessment of less than 40% stenosis during screening assessment
  • 7. Contraindication to MRI scanning
  • 8. Planned carotid surgery or endovascular intervention earlier than 10 weeks within the study period
  • 9. Serum triglycerides >400 mg/dl (4.52 mmol/l) at screening
  • 10. Patients with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and hypertension
  • 11. History of malignancy
  • 12. Evidence of recent severe infection
  • 13. Current life-threatening condition other than vascular disease
  • 14. Alcohol or drug abuse within the past six months
  • 15. Concomitant use of potent CYP450 3A4 inhibitors
  • 16. Chronic use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and oral steroids therapy
  • 17. Chronic use of immunosuppressants
  • 18. Use of an investigational drug within 30 days or five half-lives (whichever is longer) preceding the first dose of study medication
  • 19. Any other subject the investigator deems unsuitable for the study (e.g. due to either medical reasons, laboratory abnormalities, expected study medication non-compliance, or subject?s unwillingness to comply with all study-related procedures)
  • 20. Inability to give informed consent

研究者

发起方
GlaxoSmithKline (UK)

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