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Effects of Combined Therapy With Statin Plus Fenofibrate on Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Compared With Statin Alone

Phase 4
Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02232360
Lead Sponsor
Gachon University Gil Medical Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine effects of combination therapy with rosuvastatin and fenofibrate on atheromatous plaques and its tissue characteristics of de novo coronary lesions with intermediate stenosis in patient with coronary artery disease, compared with rosuvastatin alone therapy.

Detailed Description

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the past few decades, optimal pharmacological therapies with statins targeting LDL-cholesterol substantially reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease. However, the residual cardiovascular risk is still high, requiring need for additional preventive therapies to achieve even greater risk reduction.

Recent meta-analysis demonstrated fibrates can reduce the risk of coronary events and might have a role in patients with high cardiovascular risks or combined dyslipidemia. Likewise, fenofibrate had a possible benefit for patients with high triglyceride level and low HDL-cholesterol level in the post-hoc analysis of ACCORD or FIELD trials.

Thus, investigators tried to determine effects of combination therapy with rosuvastatin and fenofibrate on atheromatous plaques and its tissue characteristics of de novo coronary lesions with intermediate stenosis in patient with coronary artery disease, compared with rosuvastatin alone therapy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
106
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with coronary artery disease who were 20 years of age or older and needed coronary angiography

  • Intermediate coronary artery stenosis (diameter stenosis ≥30% to ≤60% by visual estimation, diameter ≥2.0 mm to ≤4.0 mm, de novo lesion in native coronary artery) in which virtual histology-intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) could be feasible

  • Combined dyslipidemia

    • Stain-naive patients - LDL-cholesterol ≥70 mg/dL and non-HDL-cholesterol ≥130 mg/dL
    • Patients taking statin within 2 weeks - LDL-cholesterol < 100 mg/dL and non-HDL-cholesterol ≥100 mg/dL
  • Patients who gave written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria
  • Diabetic patients
  • Cardiogenic shock
  • Heart failure with symptoms of New York Heart Association class III/IV or left ventricular ejection fraction <35%
  • Renal dysfunction (creatinine level ≥1.7 mg/dL or dependence of dialysis
  • Hepatic dysfunction (transaminase level > 3 times of normal within limit)
  • Pregnancy or breast-feeding women
  • Familial hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypertriglyceridemia (triglyceride level >500 mg/dL)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Rosuvastatin aloneRosuvastatin aloneRosuvastatin 10 mg per day
Rosuvastatin and fenofibrateRosuvastatin and fenofibrateCombination therapy: rosuvastatin 10 mg and fenofibrate 160 mg per day
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percent and Absolute changes of Necrotic Core volume in non-culprit intermediate lesionsAfter 12±2 months treatment

Percent and Absolute changes of Necrotic Core volume in non-culprit intermediate lesions by VH-IVUS

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Creatine phosphokinaseAfter 12±2 months treatment

measurement of muscular side effects related by study drugs

Percent and Absolute changes of area of necrotic core, dense calcium, fibrous plaque in non-culprit intermediate lesionsAfter 12±2 months treatment

Percent and Absolute changes of area of necrotic core, dense calcium, fibrous plaque in non-culprit intermediate lesions by VH-IVUS

Presence of thin-cap fibroatheromaAfter 12±2 months treatment

change of plaque phenotype by VH-IVUS

Absolute and percent changes of volume/area of external elastic membrane, lumen and plaque volumeAfter 12±2 months treatment

Absolute and percent changes of volume/area of external elastic membrane, lumen and plaque volume by VH-IVUS

Remodeling indexAfter 12±2 months treatment

Remodeling index by VH-IVUS

Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)After 12 months treatment

The composites of all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, culprit lesion revascularization, or non-culprit lesion revascularization

Adverse drug eventsAfter 12±2 months treatment

Adverse drug events related by study drugs

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Konyang University Hospital

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Daejeon, Korea, Republic of

Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital

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Gwangju, Korea, Republic of

Gachon University Gil Medical Center

🇰🇷

Incheon, Korea, Republic of

Chung-Ang University Hospital

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Seoul National Univesity Boramae Medical Center

🇰🇷

Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Inje University ilsanPaik Hospital

🇰🇷

Ilsan, Korea, Republic of

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