Statin Therapy Versus Placebo Prior to Prostatectomy
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Official title
Pre-Operative Statin Therapy Versus Placebo in Human Prostate Cancer
Brief summary
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This is a randomized trial comparing the effect of oral simvastatin versus placebo on targets of the mevalonate pathway in men undergoing a prostatectomy as planned management for prostate cancer. Observed tissue effects will be correlated with changes in serum cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00572468
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 42 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years and older
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 2007
- Primary completion
- Mar 31, 2013
- Completion
- Apr 29, 2017
- Last update posted
- Jul 12, 2017
2007 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC | Durham | North Carolina | 27705 | — |
| VA Medical Center, Portland | Portland | Oregon | 97201 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 12, 2017 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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