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- Clinical Trial NCT05832229
Liver Cirrhosis Network Rosuvastatin Efficacy and Safety for Cirrhosis in the United States (LCN RESCU)
Liver Cirrhosis Network (LCN) Rosuvastatin Efficacy and Safety for Cirrhosis in the United States (RESCU): A Double-Blind Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial, of 20mg (or 10mg for participants of East Asian ancestry) of rosuvastatin by mouth, once daily. Participants will be randomized (1:1) to either once daily placebo or once daily rosuvastatin.
Patients meeting all eligibility criteria will be assigned to a randomization arm prior to initiation of a 4-week lead-in phase of the study. All participants will undergo a 4-week, open-label active run-in phase to evaluate initial safety and adherence to rosuvastatin. During this active run-phase, all participants will receive target dose rosuvastatin-- 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry). After the active run-in phase, all participants will continue with their pre-assigned randomization (1:1) treatment of rosuvastatin 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry) or matching placebo.
The total duration of the study will be 96 weeks in the assigned treatment arm plus the 4-week lead-in period. The primary outcome will be the mean change in liver stiffness from the baseline measurement to the end of study liver stiffness, as measured by ultrasound-based vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE).
There are 10 participating clinical centers, and we anticipate a total of 256 patients will be recruited for the initial lead-in as we estimate 20% of participants may dropout after the lead-in (256 x 0.8 = 204 for randomization into the study drug treatment phase).
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Mary Beth Tull
- Phone Number: 312-503-4746
- Email: mary.tull@northwestern.edu
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Crystal Santillanes
- Phone Number: 312-503-5536
- Email: lcn@northwestern.edu
Study Locations
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California
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La Jolla, California, United States, 92035
- Recruiting
- University of California San Diego NAFLD Research Center
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Contact:
- Rohit Loomba
- Email: roloomba@health.ucsd.edu
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
- Recruiting
- Keck Medical Center of USC
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Contact:
- Norah Terrault
- Email: norah.terrault@med.usc.edu
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
- Recruiting
- LAC + USC Medical Center
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Contact:
- Norah Terrault
- Email: norah.terrault@med.usc.edu
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San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
- Recruiting
- UCSF Medical Center
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Contact:
- Bilal Hameed
- Email: bilal.hameed@ucsf.edu
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San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
- Recruiting
- UCSF/Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
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Contact:
- Mandana Khalili
- Email: Mandana.Khalili@ucsf.edu
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Florida
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Miami, Florida, United States, 33122
- Recruiting
- University of Miami Health System
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Contact:
- David Goldberg
- Email: dsgoldberg@med.miami.edu
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
- Recruiting
- University of Michigan
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Contact:
- Elliot Tapper
- Email: etapper@med.umich.edu
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Minnesota
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Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55901
- Recruiting
- Mayo Clinic
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Contact:
- Vijay Shah
- Email: Shah.Vijay@mayo.edu
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New York
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New York, New York, United States, 10021
- Recruiting
- New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
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Contact:
- Robert Brown
- Email: rsb2005@med.cornell.edu
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New York, New York, United States, 10031
- Recruiting
- Columbia University Iriving School of Medicine
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Contact:
- Elizabeth Verna
- Email: ev77@cumc.columbia.edu
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North Carolina
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Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
- Recruiting
- Duke Liver Center
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Contact:
- Anna Mae Diehl
- Email: diehl004@mc.duke.edu
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Ohio
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44192
- Recruiting
- Cleveland Clinic
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Contact:
- Srinivasan Dasarathy
- Email: DASARAS@ccf.org
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Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
- Recruiting
- Virginia Commonwealth University
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Contact:
- Arun Sanyal
- Email: arun.sanyal@vcuhealth.org
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-75 years
- Cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, alcohol-associated liver disease, or chronic viral hepatitis (treated hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus), or cryptogenic cirrhosis
Clinical diagnosis of cirrhosis as defined investigator confirmation and the following:
- At least one liver biopsy within 5 years prior to consent showing either: Metavir stage 4 fibrosis; Ishak Stage 5-6 fibrosis, OR
- At least 2 of the following:
i. Evidence on imaging: Nodular liver with either splenomegaly or recanalized umbilical vein within the past 48 weeks ii. Liver stiffness: vibration-controlled transient elastography within 48 weeks prior to consent or during Screening ≥12.5 kilopascal or magnetic resonance elastography within 48 weeks prior to consent or during Screening ≥5 kilopascal iii. Evidence of varices demonstrated on imaging or endoscopy within 3 years prior to consent or during Screening iv. Either: Fibrosis-4>2.67 or platelets <150/mL within 6 months prior to consent or during Screening
Two measures of vibration-controlled transient elastography: one at screening and one at the randomization study visit, meeting the following criteria:
- The first measure must be ≥ 12.5 kilopascal.
- The two measures must be at least 1 day apart and no more than 60 days apart from one another.
- The mean of two measurements must be ≥ 12.5 kilopascal.
Compensated defined by:
- Absence of ascites/hydrothorax, hepatic encephalopathy or variceal bleeding currently or in the last 48 weeks, as determined clinically by investigator.
- If prior history of decompensation, must be without current symptoms of decompensation and no longer requiring treatment of complications for the last 48 weeks, including the use of diuretics for the treatment of ascites, and/or rifaximin or lactulose for the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy. Use of non-selective beta blockers will be allowed.
- Child-Pugh score <8
- Provision of written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently on a statin or any statin exposure within 48 weeks prior to consent.
Known indication for statin therapy, defined as:
- Prior peripheral vascular, cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event for which statins are indicated for secondary prevention, OR
- Documented familial hypercholesterolemia, heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, OR
- Fasting LDL-C ≥ 190 mg/dL
4. Myocardial infarction, Unstable angina, transient ischemic events, or stroke within 24 weeks of screening.
3. Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) score of ≥8. 4. Patients with limitations in attending study visits. 5. Prisoners. 6. Known prior or current hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or cholangiocarcinoma. 7. Known transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), balloon retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) or porto-systemic shunt surgery regardless of time of occurrence.
8. Current (in past 24 weeks prior to consenting) use of medications known to cause hepatic fibrogenesis or confound endpoint assessment, defined as:
- amiodarone
- methotrexate
- warfarin 9. Current (in past 24 weeks prior to consenting) use of medications which may increase risk for rosuvastatin-related myositis or drug-induced liver injury, defined as:
a. fenofibrate b. erythromycin c. gemfibrozil d. niacin (500 mg or more) e. HIV protease inhibitors (darunivar, indinavir, nelfinavir, amprenavir) in patients of East Asian descent f. colchicine g. cyclosporin 10. Presence of portal or hepatic vein thrombosis 11. Receiving an elemental diet or parenteral nutrition 12. Chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic insufficiency 13. Etiology of cirrhosis other than alcohol-associated liver disease, NAFLD, viral hepatitis or cryptogenic (including immune-mediated such as autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cholangitis, cardiac cirrhosis or Fontan-associated liver disease, alpha-1-anti-trypsin, Wilson's disease, etc) 14. Conditions which may confound study outcome:
a. Unstable or active inflammatory bowel disease b. Active infection c. Any malignant disease (other than squamous or basal cell carcinoma of the skin) within previous 5 years d. Prior solid organ or hematopoietic cell transplant e. Bariatric surgery in the last 24 weeks prior to consent or planned bariatric surgery within the next 96 weeks f. Current liver-unrelated end-stage organ failures such as end-stage renal disease on dialysis, stage 3-4 congestive heart failure (CHF), current chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on home oxygen.
15. Known current medical or psychiatric conditions which, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the participant unsuitable for the study for safety reasons or interfere with or prevent adherence to the protocol.
16. The following laboratory abnormalities within 90 days of screening:
- Absolute neutrophil count <1.0 x 109 / L
- Hemoglobin <10 g/dL
- Albumin <3.0 g/dL
- Prolonged international normalized ratio (INR) >1.5
- Total bilirubin ≥ 2.0 mg/dl (unless due to Gilbert's syndrome or hemolysis as denoted by normal direct bilirubin fraction)
- Uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c ≥ 9.0%) within past 24 weeks 17. Kidney function abnormalities including:
a. Dialysis b. Baseline epidermal growth factor receptor < 30 cc/min with chronic kidney disease-Epi equation c. Known nephrotic proteinuria, defined as 3g or greater of protein in 24-hour urine collection 18. Recent (within 48 weeks) or present hepatic decompensation with ascites/hydrothorax, hepatic encephalopathy or variceal bleeding 19. Untreated chronic hepatitis B or C infection
- Hepatitis C virus eligible for enrollment if hepatitis C virus RNA negative and after sustained virologic response at 24 weeks
Hepatitis B virus eligible if Hepatitis B virus DNA <100 IU/mL and on treatment 20. Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ 200 U/L within the past 24 weeks 21. Documented history of intolerance to statins 22. Serious co-morbid medical disease which in the investigator's opinion renders a life-expectancy less than 96 weeks 23. Active illicit substance abuse, including inhaled or injected drugs, in the 48 weeks prior to screening 24. Pregnancy, planned pregnancy or breast-feeding 25. Current participation in active medication treatment trials (within 24 weeks prior to randomization) or planned participation in active medication treatment trials simultaneous to participation in present trial.
26. Significant existing muscle pain or tenderness as determined by a site physician.
27. Failure or inability to provide informed consent.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Active
Open-label lead-in period of 4 weeks on 20 mg (10 mg for participants of East ancestry) rosuvastatin by mouth once daily, followed by a period of 96 weeks rosuvastatin 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry).
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Patients meeting all eligibility criteria will be assigned to a randomization arm prior to initiation of a 4-week lead-in phase of the study.
All participants will undergo a 4-week, open-label active run-in phase to evaluate initial safety and adherence to rosuvastatin.
During this active run-phase, all participants will receive target dose rosuvastatin-- 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry).
After the active run-in phase, all participants will continue with their pre-assigned randomization (1:1) treatment of rosuvastatin 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry) or matching placebo.
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Open-label lead-in period of 4 weeks on 20 mg (10 mg for participants of East ancestry) rosuvastatin by mouth once daily, followed by a period of 96 weeks placebo.
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Patients meeting all eligibility criteria will be assigned to a randomization arm prior to initiation of a 4-week lead-in phase of the study.
All participants will undergo a 4-week, open-label active run-in phase to evaluate initial safety and adherence to rosuvastatin.
During this active run-phase, all participants will receive target dose rosuvastatin-- 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry).
After the active run-in phase, all participants will continue with their pre-assigned randomization (1:1) treatment of rosuvastatin 20 mg daily (10 mg daily for participants of East-Asian ancestry) or matching placebo.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Mean change in liver stiffness
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Mean change in liver stiffness as measured in kilopascal with Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography between study entry and week 96.
Range: 2 to 75 kilopascal.
Higher stiffness indicates increased disease progression
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96 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Time to disease progression
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Time to disease progression defined as time to development of decompensation event (ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, variceal bleed) or hepatocellular carcinoma.
Analyzed as time-to-event; binary if low counts.
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96 weeks
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All-cause mortality
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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All-cause mortality: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Time to development of ascites
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Ascites: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Time to development of overt hepatic encephalopathy
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Time to development of overt hepatic encephalopathy: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Time to development of variceal bleed
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Variceal bleed: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Time to development of hepatocellular carcinoma
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Hepatocellular carcinoma: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Change in Child-Turcotte-Pugh score
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Ordinal score from 5 to 15; higher score indicates further disease progression
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96 weeks
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Change in Model for End Stage Liver Disease - Sodium (MELD-Na)
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Unitless; Range: 6-40; higher score indicates further disease progression
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96 weeks
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Change in spleen stiffness as measured by Vibration-Controlled Transient Elastography (VCTE)
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Units: kilopascal; Range: 5 to 100 kilopascal; higher stiffness indicates increased disease progression
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96 weeks
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Change in liver stiffness via Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Units: kilopascal; Range: 0 to 20; higher stiffness indicates increased disease progression
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96 weeks
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Change in Enhanced Liver Fibrosis test
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Unitless; Range: 5 to 11; Higher score is worse
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96 weeks
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Change in Fibrosis-4
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Unitless; Range: 0 to 10; higher score indicates more stiffness
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96 weeks
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Time to new onset diabetes
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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New onset diabetes: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Time to cardiovascular events
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Cardiovascular events: time-to-event, binary if low counts
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96 weeks
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Change in patient-reported quality of life scores
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (29-item version) Global Health T-Score: Population centered at 50 points, standard deviation of 10 (higher score signifies "better" health)
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96 weeks
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Rate of adverse events
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Count
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96 weeks
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Rate of serious adverse events
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Count
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96 weeks
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Rate of adverse events of special interest
Time Frame: 96 weeks
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Rate of adverse events of special interest (myopathy, drug-induced liver injury, cardiovascular events, cancer other than hepatocellular carcinoma, new onset diabetes as separate outcomes): Count
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96 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Jody Ciolino, Northwestern University
Publications and helpful links
Helpful Links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
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
- Chemically-Induced Disorders
- Digestive System Diseases
- Pathologic Processes
- Alcohol-Related Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- RNA Virus Infections
- Virus Diseases
- Infections
- Blood-Borne Infections
- Communicable Diseases
- Liver Diseases
- Flaviviridae Infections
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Hepadnaviridae Infections
- DNA Virus Infections
- Enterovirus Infections
- Picornaviridae Infections
- Biliary Tract Diseases
- Bile Duct Diseases
- Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders
- Cholestasis, Intrahepatic
- Cholestasis
- Fibrosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis C
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Cholangitis
- Cholangitis, Sclerosing
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
- Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Antimetabolites
- Anticholesteremic Agents
- Hypolipidemic Agents
- Lipid Regulating Agents
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
- Rosuvastatin Calcium
Other Study ID Numbers
- Pro00070580
- U24DK130164 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- STUDY_PROTOCOL
- ICF
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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