# Statins for the Early Treatment of Sepsis

> **NCT00528580** · PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Chicago** · enrollment: 68 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sepsis

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Simvastatin
- **DRUG:** Identical-appearing placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00528580
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Chicago
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2008-02
- **Primary completion:** 2011-09
- **Final completion:** 2011-09
- **Target enrollment:** 68 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Inadequate recruitment
- **Last updated:** 2018-09-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00528580

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00528580, "Statins for the Early Treatment of Sepsis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00528580. Licensed CC0.

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