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Crestor Versus Placebo in Subjects With Heart Failure

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Registration Number
NCT00206310
Lead Sponsor
AstraZeneca
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to investigate if rosuvastatin, added on top of all other medicines prescribed to subjects with symptomatic systolic heart failure, reduces the combined endpoint of cardiovascular death or non-fatal myocardial infarction or non-fatal stroke (time to first event)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5013
Inclusion Criteria
  • Chronic symptomatic systolic heart failure of ischaemic aetiology as judged by the investigator, optimal therapy for chronic symptomatic systolic heart failure according to the investigator
Exclusion Criteria
  • Acute myocardial infarction within 6 months before randomization
  • Treatment with any statin or other lipid lowering drug; or a medical condition that in the opinion of the investigator requires treatment with a statin or other lipid lowering drug

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether rosuvastatin reduces the combined endpoint of cardiovascular death or non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) or non-fatal stroke (time to first event).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The secondary objectives are to evaluate the effects of rosuvastatin on:
Total mortality
Any coronary event defined as the combined endpoint of sudden death or fatal or non-fatal MI or Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) or Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) or defibrillation of ventricular fibrillation by an implant
Cardiovascular mortality with cause-specific mortality for sudden death; fatal MI; and death from worsening heart failure
Total number of hospitalizations for cardiovascular causes; for unstable angina; and for worsening heart failure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Research Site

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York, United Kingdom

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