Skip to content

A study to evaluate the efficacy of Rosuvastatin for patients with coronary plaque utilizing aggressive lipid lowering treatment

A study to evaluate the efficacy of Rosuvastatin for patients with coronary plaque utilizing aggressive lipid lowering treatment - APOLLO

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000001223
Enrollment
400
Registered
2008-07-01
Start date
2008-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hypercholesterolemia

Interventions

Rosuvastatin 5 mg (1 tablet of rosuvastatin 5 mg tablet or 2 tablets of rosuvastatin 2.5 mg tablet) will be orally administered once daily for 24 months after PCI. No serum lipid lowering agents inclu

Sponsors

Kokura Memorial Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with fasting LDL-C >= 100 mg/dL and < 140 mg/dL. 2) Patients with fasting triglyceride < 400 mg/dL 3) Patients who are able to submit written consent agreement by themselves

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (2) Patients who took lipid lowering agent within 1 month before the study . (3) Patients who have undergone PCI/CABG in separate sites of coronary arteries. (4) Patients with history of unstable angina or ischemic syndrome. (5) Patients with concomitant cardiac failure and patients who have lowered cardiac functions. (6) Patients receiving insulin treatment (7) Patients receiving cyclosporine (8) Patients with hepatic function disorder (AST/ALT>=100 IU/L) (9) Patients with renal function disorder (serum creatinine >= 1.5 mg/dL) (10) Patients with serum CK >= 500 IU/L (11) Pregnant women and women suspected of being pregnant (12) Patients with hypothyroidism, hereditary muscular diseases (muscular dystrophy, etc.) or familial history of these diseases. Patients with history of drug-related muscular disorder (13) Patients with drug abuse or alcoholism (14) Patients with serious complication (15) Patients who are ineligible at physicians' discretion

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Changes from baseline in MLD and ALD at month 24

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Virtual histology intravascular ultrasound (VH-IVUS) and 64-row multi-detector-row computed tomography (64-row MDCT) will be conducted in patients who meet enablement requirement, and the relationship between changes in quantity of coronary plaque and quality of plaque will be evaluatedexploratory . Changes of intima media thickness (IMT) in carotid artery will be exploratory evaluated in patients who meet enablement requirement.

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactStudy support centre Study support centre

Public Health Research Foundation Lifestyle-related disease clinical study support office

info-ld@csp.or.jp03-5287-2633

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026