Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Continuing vs. Discontinuing Statins
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 干预措施
- 未指定
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Palliative Medicine
- 发起方
- University of Colorado, Denver
- 入组人数
- 381
- 试验地点
- 15
- 主要终点
- Proportion of Deaths Within 60 Days of Enrollment.
- 状态
- 已完成
- 最后更新
- 7年前
概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in survival rate at 60 days after enrollment between patients with advanced life-limiting illness for whom statins are discontinued vs. for patients with advanced life-limiting illness who are maintained on the medication. Secondary outcomes of this study will determine the effects of medication cessation on overall survival, important cardiovascular events, quality of life (QOL), symptoms, performance status, polypharmacy issues, satisfaction with care, and costs.
详细描述
Currently, over 80% of the population is expected to die of chronic life-limiting illnesses, predominant among which are the various manifestations of cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, and chronic lung disease. Patients with high cholesterol and those potentially at risk for atherosclerotic heart disease and stroke are often treated preventively with HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors (a.k.a., statins). Clinical trial evidence supports the use of statins for patients with hyperlipidemia and established ischemic heart disease to reduce risk of future cardiovascular events and mortality, and to reduce risk of future cardiovascular events in patients with multiple cardiac risk factors. Beneficial outcomes are evident in these trials after 3-6 years of treatment. Hence, statins are among the most prescribed medications in the world. In the United States, over 25% of Medicare beneficiaries take a statin medication. Statin medications are frequently continued until the patient can no longer eat or swallow at the end of life, because there are no evidence-based guidelines regarding when or how to discontinue medications for co-morbidities. The risks and costs vs. benefits of statins for palliative care patients, for whom prognosis is limited, remains a genuine clinical uncertainty. Meanwhile, medications for symptoms and other concerns accumulate as illness progresses, and therefore polypharmacy and compounding medication side effects are troublesome problems in the setting of advanced life-limiting illness. While multiple studies have demonstrated the benefit of long-term preventive statin use for patients at cardiovascular risk, other studies have supported the discontinuation of medications (specifically statins) in end-stage disease. A rational approach to medication discontinuation, specifically statin discontinuation, therefore has the potential to reduce patient burden, polypharmacy, and side effects, while also preserving healthcare resources for more beneficial interventions. This study is a multi-site randomized controlled trial of discontinuing vs. continuing statin medications in patients with advanced life-limiting illness. Eligible participants are adults with advanced life-limiting illness with an estimated prognosis of 1-6 months who are on statins for primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. The primary outcome is survival rate at 60 days; secondary outcomes address cardiovascular events, polypharmacy, medication adverse effects, quality of life (QOL), and measures of the patient's health-related experience. The primary hypothesis is that discontinuing statins will not influence survival. Secondary hypotheses are that discontinuation of statins will not adversely affect cardiovascular events or overall QOL, but will improve statin-related symptoms and decrease polypharmacy.
研究者
入排标准
入选标准
- •age \>18 years old;
- •have an advanced life-limiting illness;
- •have a life expectancy of \>1 month, AND patient exhibits declining functional status, defined as a reduction in Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS)22 score to \<80% in the previous 3 months;
- •be on a statin medication for primary or secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease for ≥3 months;
- •have adequately intact cognitive status to provide informed consent and complete the baseline assessment, as evidenced by a Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)23 score of ≥6;
- •provide informed consent; and,
- •speak and read English at or above a grade 5 level (per patient or caregiver report).
排除标准
- •primary treating physician/care provider estimates their life expectancy as \< 1 month;
- •under the care of a primary treating physician/primary care provider who is unwilling to have the patient enrolled;
- •not consenting;
- •having known active cardiovascular disease or sufficient risk of active cardiovascular disease to require ongoing therapy with statin drugs, in the opinion of the treating physician; OR,
- •exhibiting obvious symptoms of myositis, known liver function test (LFT) abnormalities of \>2.5x the upper limit of normal (ULN), known creatine kinase (CK) abnormalities of \>2.5x ULN, or other contraindications to continuing statins, in the opinion of the treating physician.
结局指标
主要结局
Proportion of Deaths Within 60 Days of Enrollment.
时间窗: Within 60 days of Subject Enrollment
To determine, among patients with life-limiting illness, if there is a difference in the proportion who die within 60 days after enrollment between patients for whom statins are discontinued vs. patients who are maintained on the medication.