Effects of Pitavastatin or Combination of Pitavastatin and Ezetimibe on Glucose Metabolism Compared to AtoRvastatin in atheroscLerotic Cardiovascular Disease Patients With Metabolic Syndrome: The EZ-PEARL Randomized Trial

NCT ID: NCT05705804

Last Updated: 2023-07-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-13

Study Completion Date

2025-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pitavastatin or pitavastatin and ezetimibe combination therapy on glucose metabolism compared to atorvastatin in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease with metabolic syndrome.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dyslipidemias Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Group P

Pitavastatin 4mg group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pitavastatin

Intervention Type DRUG

Pitavastatin 4 mg will be given.

Group PE

Pitavastatin 4 mg Ezetimibe 10 mg combined administration group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pitavastatin plus Ezetemibe

Intervention Type DRUG

Pitvastatin 4 mg plus ezetemibe 10 mg will be given.

Group A

Atorvastatin 40 mg administration group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Atorvastatin

Intervention Type DRUG

Atorvastatin 40 mg will be given.

Interventions

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Pitavastatin

Pitavastatin 4 mg will be given.

Intervention Type DRUG

Pitavastatin plus Ezetemibe

Pitvastatin 4 mg plus ezetemibe 10 mg will be given.

Intervention Type DRUG

Atorvastatin

Atorvastatin 40 mg will be given.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with dyslipidemia
2. Patient with diagnosis of clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (acute coronary syndrome, history of myocardial infarction, stable or unstable angina, history of coronary artery reperfusion, stroke or transient stroke, history of peripheral arterial disease or peripheral arterial reperfusion)
3. Patients with metabolic syndrome but without diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease within 1 year
2. Acute liver disease or persistent unexplained serum AST or ALT three times the upper limit of normal
3. Allergy or hypersensitivity to statins or ezetimibe
4. Solid organ transplant recipients
5. History of side effects requiring discontinuation of statin administration
6. Pregnant women, potentially pregnant or lactating women
7. Life expectancy less than 3 years
8. If it is judged that follow-up for more than 1 year is not possible
9. If the patient is unable to understand or read the consent form
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Yonsei University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Byeong-Keuk Kim

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, YONSEI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Locations

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Yonsei University Health System, Severance Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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South Korea

Central Contacts

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Byeong-Keuk Kim

Role: CONTACT

82-2-2228-8465

Facility Contacts

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Byeong-Keuk Kim

Role: primary

82-2-2228-8465

Other Identifiers

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4-2022-1325

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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