A Study Measuring Effects on Intima Media Thickness: An Evaluation of Rosuvastatin 40 mg (METEOR) - Full Text View

Sponsor:	AstraZeneca
Information provided by:	AstraZeneca
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00225589

Purpose

The purpose of this trial is to see if rosuvastatin will be effective in decreasing the thickness of the walls of the arteries in the neck for people who already have some evidence of thickening of these walls.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
Hypercholesteremia	Drug: Rosuvastatin calcium	Phase III

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Parallel Group Phase III Study Measuring Effects on Intima Media Thickness: an Evaluation Of Rosuvastatin 40 mg (METEOR)

Resource links provided by NLM:

Genetics Home Reference related topics: hypercholesterolemia

MedlinePlus related topics: Cholesterol

Drug Information available for: Rosuvastatin calcium Rosuvastatin

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by AstraZeneca:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Assess the effects of rosuvastatin treatment on the change in the mean maximum intima media thickness (IMT) of the 12 vessel segments: the near & far walls of the CCA, the carotid bulb & the ICA

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Assess the effects of rosuvastatin treatment on the following variables, with the same analyses being applied to the IMT variables:
Change in the mean maximum IMT of the near & far walls of the right & left CCA, carotid bulb, ICA
Change in the mean IMT of the near & far walls of the right & left CCA
Change in LDL-C, TC, HDL-C, TG, nonHDL-C, ApoB, ApoA-I, nonHDL-C/HDL-C, & ApoB/ApoA-I
Change in inflammatory marker: C-reactive protein (CRP)
Safety & tolerability, by evaluating the incidence & severity of adverse events & abnormal laboratory values

Estimated Enrollment:	840
Study Start Date:	August 2002
Study Completion Date:	May 2006

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	45 Years to 70 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Maximum IMT >1.2 mm and 3.5 mm at any location in the carotid ultrasound studies conducted at both Visit 2 (Week -4) and Visit 3 (Week -2)
Subjects with age and no other risk factor: Fasting LDL-C at Visit 1 (Week -6) is >120 mg/dL (3.1mmol/L) and <190 mg/dL (4.9 mmol/L)
Subjects with 2 or more risk factors and a 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk < 10%: Fasting LDL-C at Visit 1 (Week -6) is >120 mg/dL (3.1 mmol/L) and <160 mg/dL (4.1 mmol/L)

Exclusion Criteria:

Use of pharmacologic lipid-lowering medications (eg, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, fibrate derivatives, bile acid binding resins, niacin or its analogues at doses >400 mg) within 12 months prior to Visit 1 (Week -6).
Clinical evidence of coronary artery disease or any other atherosclerotic disease such as angina, MI, TIA, symptomatic carotid artery disease, CVA, CABG, PTCA, peripheral arterial disease, AAA.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00225589

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Sponsors and Collaborators

AstraZeneca

Investigators

Study Director:

AstraZeneca Crestor Medical Science Director, MD

AstraZeneca

More Information

No publications provided by AstraZeneca

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID):

Bots ML, Palmer MK, Dogan S, Plantinga Y, Raichlen JS, Evans GW, O'Leary DH, Grobbee DE, Crouse JR 3rd; METEOR Study Group. Intensive lipid lowering may reduce progression of carotid atherosclerosis within 12 months of treatment: the METEOR study. J Intern Med. 2009 Jun;265(6):698-707. Epub 2009 Mar 2.

Crouse JR 3rd, Raichlen JS, Riley WA, Evans GW, Palmer MK, O'Leary DH, Grobbee DE, Bots ML; METEOR Study Group. Effect of rosuvastatin on progression of carotid intima-media thickness in low-risk individuals with subclinical atherosclerosis: the METEOR Trial. JAMA. 2007 Mar 28;297(12):1344-53. Epub 2007 Mar 25.

Crouse JR 3rd, Grobbee DE, O'Leary DH, Bots ML, Evans GW, Palmer MK, Riley WA, Raichlen JS; METEOR Study Group. Carotid intima-media thickness in low-risk individuals with asymptomatic atherosclerosis: baseline data from the METEOR study. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007 Mar;23(3):641-8.

Study ID Numbers:	D3562C00088, METEOR
Study First Received:	September 22, 2005
Last Updated:	March 25, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00225589 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:

Hypercholesteremia

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Antimetabolites
Hyperlipidemias
Metabolic Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antilipemic Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anticholesteremic Agents

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Pharmacologic Actions
Rosuvastatin
Therapeutic Uses
Hypercholesterolemia
Dyslipidemias
Lipid Metabolism Disorders

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