- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02726555
The Efficacy and Safety of Combined Therapy With Red Yeast Rice and Low-dose Statin:Comparing With Standardized Statin
Comparison Between Combined Therapy With Red Yeast Rice and Low-dose Statin and Standardized Statin: a Single-center, Non-inferiority, Randomized Clinical Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Both Red Yeast Rice and Statins are cholesterol-lowering medications are often prescribed for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The investigators' previous pilot study (NCT01686451) has suggested that red yeast rice was of similar lipid-lowering efficacy while was associated with less fatigue than statins. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of combined therapy with red yeast rice at 1.2 g/day and atorvastatin at 10 mg/day with atorvastatin at 20 mg/day in persons with mild atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and who qualified for statin therapy according to national guidelines.
This study will enroll individuals with established mild atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and who do not currently take lipid-lowering medications. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive combined therapy with red yeast rice at 1.2 g/day and atorvastatin at 10 mg/day or atorvastatin at 20 mg/day for 24 weeks. Study visits will occur at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24. Blood will be collected for laboratory testing, and standardized questionnaires will assess noncardiovascular endpoints. Pill count will be used to assess adherence of treatment. Medication side effects will be monitored and tests of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransaminase (AST) and creatine phosphate kinase (CPK) will be performed. Medication efficacy will be assessed and test of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) will be performed.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Kangting Ji, MD
- Phone Number: +8613676403180
- Email: jikt@wzmc.edu.cn
Study Locations
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Zhejiang
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Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, 325000
- Recruiting
- The Second Hispital of Wenzhou Medical University
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Contact:
- Kangting Ji, MD
- Phone Number: +8613676403180
- Email: jikt@wzmc.edu.cn
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with established mild atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, defined as coronary and/or carotid and/or peripheral artery lesions <40% lumen diameter stenosis, diagnosed by coronary angiography and carotid and/or peripheral artery ultrasound respectively, together with LDL cholesterol level > 70 mg/dL (1.80 mmol/L).
- Female patients must be postmenopausal as defined by no menstruation for at least 12 months, or surgically sterilized for at least three months prior to beginning the study, or have a negative pregnancy test and agree to avoid pregnancy during the study and one month after the end of the study by using two reliable methods of contraception.
- Patients must have been informed of all aspects of the study and signed an informed consent form before any study-related activities.
- Patients must be willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests, and other study procedures.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients who have met all the above inclusion criteria will be screened for the following exclusion criteria.
- Patients who have been taken lipid-lowering medications including statins or red yeast rice products during the 4 weeks prior to the screening visit.
- Documented history of myocardial infarction (MI), unstable angina leading to hospitalization, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), carotid surgery or stenting, cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, endovascular procedure or surgical intervention for peripheral vascular disease.
- Planned to undergo scheduled PCI, CABG, carotid or peripheral revascularization during the study.
- History of New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure within the past 12 months.
- Known history of hemorrhagic stroke.
- Patients with uncontrolled hypertension at the screening visit. Patients on stable antihypertensive medication may be enrolled provided that the medications and dosage remain stable throughout the study.
- Cardiovascular surgery or major operations within 6 months prior to screening visit.
- Patients who are taking anticoagulants except aspirin at < 325 mg/day.
- Patients with liver dysfunction as indicated by a serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level of > 1.5-times of upper limit of normal (ULN) range, or clinical symptoms.
- Patients with elevated creatine phosphokinase level (above Upper Limit of Normal range).
- Patients with renal dysfunction as indicated by a serum creatinine level above ULN range, or clinical symptoms.
- Patients with gastric or peptic ulcer within 3 months prior to screening visit.
- Patients with medical history of hypothyroidism, pancreatitis, cholestasis, nephrotic syndrome, gall bladder disease, or primary biliary cirrhosis. Patients on thyroid replacement therapy at stable doses may be enrolled if clinically euthyroid.
- Patients with clinically relevant illness within 4 weeks prior to screening visit that may interfere with the conduct of this study.
- Patients with a history of alcohol or narcotic substance abuse within two years prior to screening visit.
- Patients with hypersensitivity to lipid-lowering agents.
- Patients who have taken another investigational drug within 4 weeks prior to screening visit.
- Patients with uncontrolled metabolic or endocrine disease knowing to influence lipid values.
- Patients who are known to be HIV positive.
- Patients who have a history or presence of active malignancy (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) or clinically significant psychiatric, neurological, respiratory, hematological, or other conditions that in the opinion of investigators might interfere with or contraindicate participation of the patients in this study.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Red yeast rice and atorvastatin
Participants will receive 4 identically appearing capsules twice daily for 24 weeks: 2 300mg of red yeast rice and 2 10mg of atorvastatin.
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Participants will receive 2 capsules of 300mg red yeast rice and 2 capsules of 10mg atorvastatin for 24 weeks.
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Atorvastatin alone
Participants will receive 4 identically appearing capsules twice daily for 24 weeks: 2 placebo and 2 10mg of atorvastatin.
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Participants will receive 2 capsules of placebo and 2 capsules of 10mg atorvastatin for 24 weeks.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level
Time Frame: Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment on serum total cholesterol (TC) level
Time Frame: Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level
Time Frame: Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on serum triglyceride (TG) level
Time Frame: Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on serum non-HDL cholesterol level
Time Frame: Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at screening, baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Percentage of Participants Who Experienced Statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMs)
Time Frame: Measured at week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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SAMs included all muscle-related complaints (e.g.
pain, weakness, or cramps).
Reported events are muscle-related complaints confirmed by an independent Clinical Events Committee (CEC) according to the nature of the muscle symptoms, the elevation in creatine kinase (CK) levels and their temporal association with statin initiation, discontinuation, and re-challenge.
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Measured at week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on serum fasting blood glucose level
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on serum glycosylated hemoglobin level
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Physical Activity Level
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Physical activity level will be estimated by short version of international physical activity questionnaire (IPAQ).
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on fatigue scores
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Fatigue score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Memory problems score
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Memory problems score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Attention/concentration problems score
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Attention/concentration problems score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Calculation problems score
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Calculation problems score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Depression/hopelessness score
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Depression/hopelessness score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Anxiety score
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Anxiety included restless, impatience, irritability, nervous, anxious.
Anxiety score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Mean percentage change from baseline at week 24 (or the last assessment) on Sleep problems score
Time Frame: Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Sleep problems score is self-rated, ranging from 0-10.
For the severity scale, 0=not present, 10=most severe.
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Measured at baseline, week 4, week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Safety will be assessed by the incidence of adverse events (AEs), discontinuation due to the AEs, clinically relevant changes on laboratory test results, vital signs, physical examinations, and 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECG).
Time Frame: Screening, Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, week 16, and week 24
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ECG and Physical exam only at Screening and Week 24
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Screening, Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, week 16, and week 24
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Kangting Ji, MD, The Second Hispital of Wenzhou Medical University
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Vascular Diseases
- Metabolic Diseases
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arterial Occlusive Diseases
- Lipid Metabolism Disorders
- Dyslipidemias
- Atherosclerosis
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Antimetabolites
- Anticholesteremic Agents
- Hypolipidemic Agents
- Lipid Regulating Agents
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
- Atorvastatin
- Red yeast rice
Other Study ID Numbers
- wzfeyxzk
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
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