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Long-Term Extension Study of Pitavastatin in Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia or Combined Dyslipidemia

Open-Label, Long-Term (1 Year) Extension Study of Pitavastatin in Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia or Combined Dyslipidemia

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00325780
Enrollment
1355
Registered
2006-05-15
Start date
2006-07-31
Completion date
2007-11-30
Last updated
2010-02-02

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

Conditions

Dyslipidemia, Hypercholesterolemia

Keywords

Kowa, Hypercholesterolemia, dyslipidemia, pitavastatin, NK-104, Hypercholesterolemia or combined dyslipidemia

Brief summary

This study is a long-term follow-up protocol for patients who participated in study NK-104-3.01EU or study NK-104-3.02EU.

Detailed description

Patients from the NK-104-3.01EU and NK-104-3.02EU studies will continue to receive either pitavastatin or the comparator statin for 1 year.

Interventions

DRUGPitavastatin

Pitavastatin 4 mg once daily

Sponsors

Kowa Research Europe
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients have completed 12 weeks of treatment in Study NK-104-301 (NCT00249249) or NK-104-302 (NCT00309777) * Patients who have not developed any treatment emergent and, in the opinion of the investigator, related adverse event (AE) of clinical significance where the investigator is uncomfortable with continuing the patient on therapy with pitavastatin. * Patients who have been following a fat and cholesterol restrictive diet.

Exclusion criteria

* Any conditions which may cause secondary dyslipidemia should be reassessed at the beginning of the follow-up study. * Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus should be reassessed at the beginning of the follow-up study. * Abnormal pancreatic, liver, or renal function * Abnormal serum ALAT/SGPT/ALT, ASAT/SGOT/AST, or creatine kinase (CK) above the pre-specified level * Significant heart disease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percent Change From Baseline in Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C)Baseline to 52 WeeksMean percent change from baseline in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change From Baseline in Total CholesterolBaseline to 52 weeksMean percent change from baseline in total cholesterol

Countries

Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Pitavastatin 4 mg QD
Pitavastatin 4 mg once daily
1,353
Total1,353

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicPitavastatin 4 mg QD
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
412 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
941 Participants
Age Continuous58.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.08
Sex: Female, Male
Female
778 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
575 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
293 / 1,353
serious
Total, serious adverse events
49 / 1,353

Outcome results

Primary

Percent Change From Baseline in Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C)

Mean percent change from baseline in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)

Time frame: Baseline to 52 Weeks

Population: Patients who had an observation at Week 52

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Pitavastatin 4 mg QDPercent Change From Baseline in Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C)-42.89 percent changeStandard Deviation 16.001
Secondary

Change From Baseline in Total Cholesterol

Mean percent change from baseline in total cholesterol

Time frame: Baseline to 52 weeks

Population: Patients who had an observation at Week 52

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Pitavastatin 4 mg QDChange From Baseline in Total Cholesterol-29.59 percent changeStandard Deviation 12.549

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026