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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00199745
Date of registration: 12/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
Public title: Differences in Atorvastatin Metabolite Ratios as a Diagnostic Tool in Detecting Atorvastatin Induced Myotoxicity
Scientific title: Investigations on Differences in Atorvastatin Metabolite Ratios as a Diagnostic Tool in Detecting Atorvastatin Induced Myotoxicity
Date of first enrolment: October 2005
Target sample size: 53
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00199745
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:   Anders Åsberg, Associate Professor
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Affiliation:  Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo
Name:   Kjetil Retterstøl, MD
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Affiliation:  Lipidklinikken, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Suspected atorvastatin induced muscle adverse events

- Signed informed consent

- 18 years of age or older

- Able to donate blood samples

- Ongoing treatment with atorvastatin (not necessary if patients only donate a muscle
biopsy)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Muscular Diseases
Intervention(s)
Drug: atorvastatin
Primary Outcome(s)
To compare ratios atorvastatin metabolites to atorvastatin in patients with confirmed atorvastatin-induced myopathy compared to healthy volunteers
Secondary Outcome(s)
Phenotypic differences in isolated muscle cells of patients experiencing muscle toxicity compared to a control group
Secondary ID(s)
13041 (NSD)
Muskelbiopsistudie Lipid05-06
S-05229 (REK - Sør)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Oslo School of Pharmacy
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