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NCT Number: NCT01206231

An Epidemiological Study Aimed to Record Standard Daily Practice in Managing Patients With Hypercholesterolemia

This study is aimed to collect the following Serbia-specific epidemiology data on hypercholesterolemia: patents characteristics, patients' management/treatment and physicians' standard practice. In addition, the aim is to determine the proportion of patients on lipid-lowering pharmacological treatment who have reached the LDL-C and HDL-C treatment goals.

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Key information

Conditions

Hypercholesterolemia Dyslipidemias Hyperlipidemias Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Research Site, Belgrade, Serbia

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with hypercholesterolemia currently receiving a lipid lowering agent

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnancy and lactation.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients on lipid-lowering pharmacological treatment reaching the LDL-C goals according to the NCEP ATP III / updated 2004 NCEP ATP III guidelines

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients on lipid-lowering pharmacological treatment reaching the non HDL-C goals according to the NCEP ATP III / updated 2004 NCEP ATP III guidelines;

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  2. Physicians' standard practice in managing patients with hypercholesterolemia (by using physicians' questionnaire);

    Time frame: 24 weeks

  3. Local epidemiological date on patients with hypercholesterolemia (Demographic Data; Hypercholesterolemia management data: treatment, treatment changes)

    Time frame: 24 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Industry

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 21, 2010
Registry last updated
Nov 8, 2011

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