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Observational Study On Compliance Of Statin Treatment Of Patients With High Blood Cholesterol Levels

Assessment Of Statin Treatment Compliance In Dyslipidemia Patients: An Observational Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00673660
Enrollment
375
Registered
2008-05-07
Start date
2007-10-31
Completion date
2009-10-31
Last updated
2021-02-21

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

Conditions

Dyslipidemia

Keywords

Statins, Compliance, Dyslipidemia

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to show the compliance rates of the patients to statin treatment and the reasons of non-compliance.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPatient Compliance

Compliance of patients to statin treatment and reasons of compliance or non compliance will be obtained by Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) every 3 months.

Sponsors

Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients diagnosed with dyslipidemia and taking or planning to take statin treatment. * Patients living in the same city of the study center. o Patients aged 18 years and over.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with severe systemic disease * Patients with alcohol and drug addiction and/or mental disease * Patients nursing or pregnant, or planning to get pregnant during the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of Participants Who Were Compliant With Statin TreatmentMonth 12The physician asked participants about their compliance with medication use, which was defined as not skipping or forgetting dosing or not delaying the dosing time at least 80 percent (%) of the days in which the medication was used.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Available Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsMonth 12Available laboratory measurements of participants were recorded in CRFs.
Number of Participants With Reasons of Compliance to Statin TreatmentMonth 12Compliance with medication use defined as not skipping or forgeting dosing or not delaying the dosing time at least 80 percent (%) of the days in which the medication was used. Participants were called for a final visit . Compliance with drug dosage was recorded.
Number of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentMonth 12Participants were called for a final visit and reasons for non-compliance were recorded.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Participant flow

Recruitment details

This was an observational study evaluating compliance to statin treatment in participants with dyslipidemia. Data available at each visit was recorded in case report forms (CRFs). No laboratory measurements were performed. The gender of 2 subjects was not recorded.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Statins
Participants with dyslipidemia who were taking or were planning to take a statin treatment (Atorvastatin, Fluvastatin, Prevastatin, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, or generics).
375
Total375

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up107

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicStatins
Age, Continuous59.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.6
Sex/Gender, Customized
Female
186 participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
187 participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Unknown
2 participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
5 / 1534 / 764 / 446 / 268
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 1530 / 760 / 440 / 268

Outcome results

Primary

Percentage of Participants Who Were Compliant With Statin Treatment

The physician asked participants about their compliance with medication use, which was defined as not skipping or forgetting dosing or not delaying the dosing time at least 80 percent (%) of the days in which the medication was used.

Time frame: Month 12

Population: Primary analysis population: participants diagnosed with dyslipidemia who were taking or planning to take statin treatment. Subset of evaluable participants were analyzed.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
StatinsPercentage of Participants Who Were Compliant With Statin Treatment86.7 Percentage of participants
Secondary

Available Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant Participants

Available laboratory measurements of participants were recorded in CRFs.

Time frame: Month 12

Population: Primary analysis population, subset of evaluable participants.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
StatinsAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsTotal cholesterol178.94 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 41.17
StatinsAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsLow Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol101.61 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 33.5
StatinsAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsHigh Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol50.70 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 14.47
StatinsAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsTriglyceride137.80 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 70.24
Non-compliant With Statin TreatmentAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsTriglyceride156.89 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 65.32
Non-compliant With Statin TreatmentAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsTotal cholesterol231.59 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 45.89
Non-compliant With Statin TreatmentAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsHigh Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol53.33 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 23.76
Non-compliant With Statin TreatmentAvailable Lipid Profiles of Compliant and Non-compliant ParticipantsLow Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol156.48 milligrams per deciliterStandard Deviation 41.22
Comparison: Total cholesterolp-value: <0.001t-test, 2 sided
Comparison: LDL cholesterolp-value: <0.001t-test, 2 sided
Comparison: HDL cholesterolp-value: 0.972t-test, 1 sided
Comparison: Triglyceridesp-value: 0.034t-test, 2 sided
Secondary

Number of Participants With Reasons of Compliance to Statin Treatment

Compliance with medication use defined as not skipping or forgeting dosing or not delaying the dosing time at least 80 percent (%) of the days in which the medication was used. Participants were called for a final visit . Compliance with drug dosage was recorded.

Time frame: Month 12

Population: Primary analysis population. The number of participants with reasons of compliance to statin treatment were not collected or analyzed.

Secondary

Number of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin Treatment

Participants were called for a final visit and reasons for non-compliance were recorded.

Time frame: Month 12

Population: Primary analysis population, subset of evaluable participants

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentCan't take drugs regularly due to high drug price1 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentLab parameters were normal in final assessment11 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentDifficulty obtaining prescribed drugs8 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentForgot to take drug7 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentDon't like taking drugs9 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentThought it not necessary to take drug5 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentWas late in taking drug1 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentDon't think it necesary to take drug continuously0 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentDon't want to use drugs for a long time4 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentExperienced adverse events (AEs)3 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentThink they are useless0 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentAfraid of becoming an addict2 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentI am resting my liver0 participants
StatinsNumber of Participants With Reasons of Non-compliance to Statin TreatmentOther9 participants

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