Simvastatin in Preventing Liver Cancer in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis
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Official title
Statin Therapy to Reduce Disease Progression From Liver Cirrhosis to Cancer
Brief summary
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This phase II trial studies how well simvastatin works in preventing liver cancer in patients with liver cirrhosis. Simvastatin may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02968810
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 52 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Biospecimen Collection Procedure
- Computed Tomography Procedure
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Procedure
- Placebo Administration Other
- Questionnaire Administration Other
- Simvastatin Drug
Procedure · Other · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- 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
- Jun 20, 2017
- Primary completion
- May 2, 2023
- Completion
- Dec 22, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jul 20, 2026
2017 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | — |
| MedStar Georgetown University Hospital | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20007 | — |
| Northwestern University | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jul 20, 2026 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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