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Last refreshed on: 13 June 2022
Main ID:  NCT03092154
Date of registration: 09/03/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
Public title: Lipid-lowering Agents in Patients With Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Scientific title: Lipid-lowering Agents in Patients With Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Date of first enrolment: January 2017
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03092154
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Samuel K Shinjo, PhD
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Affiliation:  Universidade de Sao Paulo - Rheumatology Division
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- fullfill all criteria of Bohan and Peter (1975)

- dyslipidemia

- age> 18 years

- prednisone = 0.25 mg/kg/day (or = 15mg/ ay) in the last three months

- without changing nutritional habits in the last three months, and during the study
period

- no change of lifestyle in the last three months, and during the study period

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with:

- disease relapsing

- overlapping myositis

- neoplasia associated myositis

- diabetes mellitus

- current and/or chronic infections

- patients undergoing major surgery within six months prior to the study

- pregnant patients

- previous use of lipid-lowering agents in the last 6 months

- in the use of cyclosporin, erythromycin, clarithromycin, fibrates, niacin, azole
antifungals, cimetidine, diltiazem

- active liver disease or persistent elevations of hepatic enzymes, with no apparent
cause, exceeding three times the upper limit of normality



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Treatment Side Effects
Intervention(s)
Drug: Lipid-lowering agents (Artovastatin)
Primary Outcome(s)
Endothelial function [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Muscle enzymes [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Health Assessment Questionnaire [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Side effects [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Myositis Disease Activity Assessment Tool [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Manual Muscle Testing [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Patient/Parent Global Activity [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Physician Global Activity [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
MYO-HCFMUSP-03
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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