Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy of AVE5530 as add-on to Ongoing High Doses of Statins in Patients With Primary Severe Hypercholesterolemia

Hypercholesterolemia Clinical Trial

Official title: A Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of AVE5530 When Added to Ongoing Stable Statin Therapy at High Doses in Patients With Severe Primary Hypercholesterolemia

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

The present study is assessing the efficacy and safety of AVE5530 (25 mg and 50 mg) in add-on to ongoing treatment with high doses of statin in a double-blind manner in comparison with placebo, in the management of patients with severe primary hypercholesterolemia considered as inadequately controlled despite their ongoing statin treatment.

The main objective is to evaluate the effects of the association AVE5530+statin on LDL-C level reduction after 12 weeks of treatment. The effects of AVE5530 on other lipid parameters will be assessed as secondary objectives.

Clinical Trial Description

The two doses of AVE5530 tested in this study are 25 mg and 50 mg taken in the evening, with dinner dosing. The study will include a pre-randomization phase up to 6 weeks, a double-blind treatment period of at least 12 months and can be variably extended up to approximately 18 months. ;

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

• Hypercholesterolemia

• NCT number: NCT00766688
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Sanofi
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: October 2008
• Completion date: June 2009