Pattern of Statins Use in Catalonia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01477944

Enrollment

180723

Registered

2011-11-23

Start date

2012-02-29

Completion date

2012-02-29

Last updated

2012-02-22

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

Conditions

Hypercholesteremia

Keywords

Statins pattern of use, Hypercholesterolemic patients, Statins

Brief summary

To describe the new statins prescription pattern in Catalonia (getting their first prescription for any statin, or receiving a change in their statin treatment including switching, changing in doses or adding ezetimibe/fibrates) since September 2009.

Detailed description

Pattern of statins use in Catalonia.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient with a new prescription of statin Patients receiving one or more changes of the statins treatment

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with not full information

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Description of detailed clinical treatment in terms of duration of treatment, doses, drug switches and add-on therapy, in patients with hypercholesterolemia and on treatment with statins from the index date.	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	—
Type of prescriber	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	Number of patient, whom the drug was prescribed by the specified type of prescriber (specialist, general practitioner, etc.)
Date of change from previous statin to new.	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
High Density Lipoproteins (HDL) cholesterol concentration	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	HDL data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.
Triglicerides (TG) concentration	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	TG data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.
Description of demographic data including: Sex, Age, Height (cm), Weight (kg), Smoking habits (packs-years), Alcohol consume habits (units/week), active worker or retired, Pregnancy.	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	—
Serum Glucose concentration	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	Serum Glucose data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.
Serum Creatin Kinase (CK) concentration	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	CK data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.
Aspartate Aminotransferase (ASAT) concentration	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	ASAT data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.
Total cholesterol	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	Total Cholesterol data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin. That values will be collected for all the patients fulfilling criteria.
Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration	From 1st September 2009 to 30th August 2010	LDL cholesterol data was collected till the last laboratory values before the date of change from previous statin to new statin.

Outcome results