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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT00157911
Other study ID # 0653-042
Secondary ID MK0653-0422005_0
Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
First received
Last updated
Start date December 2002
Est. completion date December 2003

Study information

Verified date February 2022
Source Organon and Co
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients undergo 4-week placebo lead-in and diet period, and 12-week treatment period. Clinical efficacy and safety is evaluated at weeks 4, 8 and 12. This study takes approximately 18 weeks for an individual patient to complete including post-visit at week 14.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 136
Est. completion date December 2003
Est. primary completion date October 2003
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Korean males or females at least 18 years of age with hypercholesterolemia

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
MK0653; ezetimibe / Duration of Treatment: 12 weeks

Comparator: simvastatin / Duration of Treatment: 12 weeks


Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Organon and Co

References & Publications (1)

Bae JW, Kim HS, Lee SC, Han KH, Jeon ES. The safety and efficacy of ezetimibe and simvastatin combination therapy in Korean patients with primary hypercholesterolemia. Korean J Med. 2005;68(5):487-497 [in Korean].

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary LDL-C
Secondary TC, TG, HDL-C, Apolipoprotein A1, Apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein (a), LDL-C:HDL-C ratio, TC:HDL-C ratio