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NCT Number: NCT01477944

Pattern of Statins Use in Catalonia

To describe the new statins prescription pattern in Catalonia (getting their first prescription for any statin, or receiving a change in their statin treatment including switching, changing in doses or adding ezetimibe/fibrates) since September 2009.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

About this study

Pattern of statins use in Catalonia.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient with a new prescription of statin Patients receiving one or more changes of the statins treatment

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient with not full information

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Description of detailed clinical treatment in terms of duration of treatment, doses, drug switches and add-on therapy, in patients with hypercholesterolemia and on treatment with statins from the index date.

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

  2. Type of prescriber

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    Number of patient, whom the drug was prescribed by the specified type of prescriber (specialist, general practitioner, etc.)

  3. Date of change from previous statin to new.

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

Secondary outcomes

  1. Description of demographic data including: Sex, Age, Height (cm), Weight (kg), Smoking habits (packs-years), Alcohol consume habits (units/week), active worker or retired, Pregnancy.

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

  2. Total cholesterol

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    Total Cholesterol data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

    That values will be collected for all the patients fulfilling criteria.

  3. Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    LDL cholesterol data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

  4. High Density Lipoproteins (HDL) cholesterol concentration

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    HDL data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

  5. Triglicerides (TG) concentration

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    TG data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

  6. Aspartate Aminotransferase (ASAT) concentration

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    ASAT data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

  7. Serum Glucose concentration

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    Serum Glucose data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

  8. Serum Creatin Kinase (CK) concentration

    Time frame: From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010

    CK data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Industry

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2012
Study completion
2012
First posted
Nov 23, 2011
Registry last updated
Feb 22, 2012

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