# Follow-on Protocol of Pitavastatin Versus Simvastatin in Patients With Hypercholesterolemia or Dyslipidemia and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors

> **NCT00344175** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Kowa Research Europe** · enrollment: 178 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hypercholesterolemia
- Dyslipidemia
- Coronary Heart Disease

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** pitavastatin
- **DRUG:** simvastatin

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00344175
- **Lead sponsor:** Kowa Research Europe
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-06
- **Primary completion:** 2007-08
- **Final completion:** 2007-08
- **Target enrollment:** 178 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2010-02-02


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00344175

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00344175, "Follow-on Protocol of Pitavastatin Versus Simvastatin in Patients With Hypercholesterolemia or Dyslipidemia and Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00344175. Licensed CC0.

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