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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00590408
Date of registration: 28/12/2007
Primary sponsor: Creighton University
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of Coenzyme Q10 in the Treatment of Statin-Associated Myalgia
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: March 2006
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00590408
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Robyn Kondrack, PharmD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Creighton University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are taking statins and develop unexplained, persistent myalgia with a
normal plasma creatinine kinase level

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women of childbearing potential

- Patients currently taking coenzyme Q10 (or have taken in the previous 30 days)

- Patients receiving concomitant niacin, fibric acid derivatives, bile acid
sequestrants, or other drugs that effect cholesterol levels or interact with statins

- Patients with a history of alcoholism or malnutrition

- Patients who have had acute coronary syndrome or muscle trauma in the prior 7
days

- Patients with a history of chronic muscle/joint pain, fibromyalgia, or degenerative
disk disease.



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: 79 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Statin-associated Myalgia
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: coenzyme Q10
Dietary Supplement: matching placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
evaluate the efficacy coenzyme Q10 in the treatment of myalgia in patients receiving statin therapy [Time Frame: every 3-5 days during the first week 2 weeks, then at 4 weeks and 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
evaluate the safety of coenzyme Q10 in the treatment of myalgia in patients receiving statin therapy [Time Frame: every 3-5 days during the first week 2 weeks, then at 4 week and 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
05-13642
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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