Short Term Statin Treatment & Endothelial Dysfunction Due to Ischemia &

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Rationale:

Apart from their cholesterol lowering effects, statins have cholesterol‐independent pleiotropic actions, such as upregulation of 5'‐ectonucleotidase and up‐regulation of NO‐synthase that may increase tolerance against ischemia‐reperfusion injury (IR‐injury). Several animal studies have shown reduction of IR‐injury as a result of statin treatment in both the heart and the kidney. Recently the investigators have shown, using Annexin A5 targeting after voluntary ischemic exercise to assess IR‐injury, a protective effect of a 7 day oral rosuvastatin treatment. A three day treatment with atorvastatin however failed to reduce annexin targeting.

Assessment of the flow mediated dilation of the brachial artery as measure of endothelial (dys)function, is a validated model to research effects of possible protective strategies and perform mechanistic experiments on IR‐injury in humans in vivo.

The investigators hypothesize that pretreatment with statins can increase endothelial tolerance against ischemia and reperfusion injury.

Objective:

To study the protective effect of pretreatment (both 3 day and 7 day) with rosuvastatin and atorvastatin on flow mediated dilation after 15 minutes ischemia and 15 minutes reperfusion.

Study design: placebo‐controlled randomised double‐blind trial

Study population: Healthy volunteers, age 18‐50

Intervention: Treatment with either rosuvastatin 20 mg, atorvastatin 80mg or placebo during either 3 or 7 days

Main study parameters: Difference in flow mediated dilation before and after 15 minutes ischemia.

Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: Treatment with rosuvastatin or atorvastatin is not expected to harm the volunteers. Most reported side effects of rosuvastatin and atorvastatin are gastro‐intestinal complains and myalgia. The volunteers will not benefit directly from participating in this study.

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, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00987974
Study type	Interventional
Source	Radboud University
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Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 4
Start date	September 2009
Completion date	March 2010

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Short Term Statin Treatment and Endothelial Dysfunction Due to Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury

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