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Comprehensive Rimonabant Evaluation Study of Cardiovascular ENDpoints and Outcomes

Randomized, Multinational, Multicenter, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Two-arm Parallel Group Trial of Rimonabant 20 mg OD for Reducing the Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events in Abdominally Obese Patients With Clustering Risk Factors

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00263042
Acronym
CRESCENDO
Enrollment
18695
Registered
2005-12-07
Start date
2005-12-31
Completion date
2009-04-30
Last updated
2016-05-20

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

Conditions

Cardiovascular Disease

Keywords

Myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, obesity

Brief summary

The primary objective is to show whether rimonabant reduces the risk of a heart attack (MI), stroke, or death from an MI or stroke in patients with abdominal obesity with other cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. The secondary objective is to show whether rimonabant reduces the risk of MI, stroke, CV death, or CV hospitalization in these patients.

Detailed description

The estimated study duration per patient is 36 to 53 months. All patients will be followed from randomization until a common study end date, which will occur when the last patient has been followed for 33 months.

Interventions

DRUGRimonabant

Tablet, oral administration

Tablet, oral administration

Sponsors

Sanofi
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
55 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Waist circumference \>102 cm (40 inches) males, \>88 cm (35 inches) females, with one coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent or two major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. * CHD equivalents: * Recent (within 3 years)documented heart attack * Documented symptomatic coronary artery disease * Recent (within 3 years) ischemic cerebrovascular episode (stroke or TIA) * Documented symptomatic peripheral arterial disease * Major risk factors: * Documented type 2 diabetes mellitus * Metabolic syndrome (NCEP criteria) * Asymptomatic cerebrovascular, renal, or peripheral arterial disease, or past abdominal aortic aneurysm repair * Elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein * Age \> or = 65 years for males, age \> or = 70 years for females

Exclusion criteria

* Obesity of known endocrine origin * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Very low calorie diet or weight loss surgery within past 6 months * Presence of any severe medical or psychological condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the patient's safe participation, including uncontrolled serious psychiatric illness * Likely cardiovascular intervention within next 1 month * Allergy to rimonabant or excipients, or prior participation in a rimonabant trial * Receipt of investigational product within past 30 days

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
First occurrence of any of myocardial infarction, stroke or cardiovascular (CV) deathFrom randomization up to common study end date (33-50 months)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
First occurrence of any of myocardial infarction, stroke, CV death, and CV hospitalizationFrom randomization up to common study end date (33-50 months)
All-cause mortalityFrom randomization up to common study end date (33-50 months)

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey (Türkiye), United Kingdom, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 31, 2026