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Clinical Trial Summary

This study has two purposes:

1. to determine whether lovastatin, a commonly used medication to lower cholesterol in the blood, can produce beneficial changes in airway inflammation and in the airway smooth muscle

2. to examine whether lovastatin will have favorable changes in asthma symptoms of patients with moderate or severe asthma.


Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT00689806
Study type Interventional
Source University of Chicago
Contact
Status Withdrawn
Phase Phase 1/Phase 2

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