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NCT number NCT02984293
Other study ID # 2016CV05
Secondary ID 16/ES/0128
Status Completed
Phase Phase 4
First received
Last updated
Start date April 17, 2017
Est. completion date November 3, 2017

Study information

Verified date March 2018
Source University of Dundee
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Statins are widely used drugs to treat hypercholesterolaemia. In general, they are very safe drugs. However, up to one third of statin users can experience muscle symptoms, which are most commonly mild without any conventional laboratory signs of muscle damage. However, these muscle symptoms can often lead to poor compliance to the cholesterol-lowering therapy, reducing its effectiveness. Recent data has highlighted the potential role of immune system in development of statin-induced muscle pain. Variation in the LILRB5 gene has been associated with statin intolerance. We aim to investigate the impact of LILRB5 genetic variability in tolerability and immune response to atorvastatin in healthy volunteers.

The study is being undertaken at the Tayside Institute for Cardiovascular Research (TICR) in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. We will recruit participants who have donated a sample to GoSHARE study. The participants will be healthy, and recruited according to their genotype of LILRB5 (information available from GoSHARE). The volunteers will then enter a randomised cross-over study with two treatment periods. During treatment period one, all participants will be commenced on atorvastatin or placebo (a dummy drug). Before and at the end of the treatment period, blood and urine samples will be taken and a muscle symptoms questionnaire will be completed to assess the tolerability and immune response to the study drug exposure. After four weeks, the study drug is stopped for a washout period of three weeks before cross-over commences. Thereafter, during treatment period two, the alternate study drug will be started, and tolerability will be assessed similar to that in period one. The study will last approximately 11 weeks. The volunteers have a total of 5 visits to the TICR.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 18
Est. completion date November 3, 2017
Est. primary completion date November 3, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 40 Years to 69 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 40-69 years

- Statin-naïve

- White European

- Healthy

- Acceptable laboratory test results

Exclusion Criteria:

- Significant disease

- Regular drug therapy

- Recent involvement (<30 days) in a CTIMP

- Inability/unwillingness to comply with the protocol

- Carry the rare variant of the CKM polymorphism rs11559024

- Unable to consent

- Woman of childbearing potential (i.e. premenopausal female capable of becoming pregnant)

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Drug:
Atorvastatin
Atorvastatin 80 mg once daily for 28 days.
Placebo
Placebo once daily for 28 days.

Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom University of Dundee Dundee

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Dundee NHS Tayside

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (2)

Alfirevic A, Neely D, Armitage J, Chinoy H, Cooper RG, Laaksonen R, Carr DF, Bloch KM, Fahy J, Hanson A, Yue QY, Wadelius M, Maitland-van Der Zee AH, Voora D, Psaty BM, Palmer CN, Pirmohamed M. Phenotype standardization for statin-induced myotoxicity. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2014 Oct;96(4):470-6. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2014.121. Epub 2014 Jun 4. — View Citation

Dubé MP, Zetler R, Barhdadi A, Brown AM, Mongrain I, Normand V, Laplante N, Asselin G, Zada YF, Provost S, Bergeron J, Kouz S, Dufour R, Diaz A, de Denus S, Turgeon J, Rhéaume E, Phillips MS, Tardif JC. CKM and LILRB5 are associated with serum levels of creatine kinase. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2014 Dec;7(6):880-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000395. Epub 2014 Sep 11. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The primary outcome will be the change in CK levels at the end of the treatment from baseline in both treatment periods. Measured at baseline (day 0) and day 29 of both treatment periods.
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