TWICE (Ezetimibe Together With Any Statin Cholesterol Enhancement)(0653-060)

February 7, 2022 updated by: Organon and Co

Ezetimibe Together With Any Statin Cholesterol Enhancement

In patients with primary hypercholesterolemia treated with a statin and with ldl-c above the recommended target goal (esc 2003 recommendations ldl>=1.15 g/l) to compare the efficacy and the safety of ezetrol added to ongoing statin and non drug therapeutic intervention (patient motivation on diet or physical activities or both).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1496

Phase

  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary hypercholesterolemia treated with any statin at any dose, for at least 3 months with a ldl cholesterol above 115 mg/dl (esc 2003 recommendations).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnant or breast feeding women
  • Lipid-lowering agents including hmg-coa reductase inhibitors other than the current statin, fish oils, cholestyramin, niacin (>200 mg/day) and fibrates taken within the 3 months preceding visit 1.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Percent of patients attaining the ldl cholesterol target goal based on the lipids result at the end of the study (3 months).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Treatment with ezetimibe 10 mg/day will be well tolerated and no difference in tolerance will be shown between the 3 treatment groups.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Organon and Co

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2004

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2006

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 19, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2006

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

May 22, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 18, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 7, 2022

Last Verified

February 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 0653-060
  • 2006_024

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Study Data/Documents

  1. CSRSynopsis

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