Evaluating Simvastatin's Potential Role in Therapy
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Official title
Effect of Statins on Pathobiology of Alzheimer's Disease
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to see how simvastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drug, affects processes related to the development of Alzheimer's disease, including: 1) levels of a substance called beta-amyloid-42 found in the spinal fluid surrounding the brain, 2) blood flow in the brain, 3) inflammation in the brain, and 4) cognitive function.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00486044
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 103 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 35 Years to 69 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 2005 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jun 2009 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jun 2009 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Mar 5, 2019
2005 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin | Madison | Wisconsin | 53705 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 5, 2019 · Synced Oct 18, 2026
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