# A Study to Determine the Effect of WelChol Tablets on Cholesterol in Patients Who Have Been Taking Simvastatin for at Least 4 Weeks.

> **NCT00753779** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Daiichi Sankyo** · enrollment: 72 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hypercholesterolemia

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** colesevelam HCl tablets, and simvastatin tablets
- **DRUG:** simvastatin tablets and colesevelam HCl placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00753779
- **Lead sponsor:** Daiichi Sankyo
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-11
- **Primary completion:** 2003-06
- **Final completion:** 2005-04
- **Target enrollment:** 72 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-04-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00753779

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00753779, "A Study to Determine the Effect of WelChol Tablets on Cholesterol in Patients Who Have Been Taking Simvastatin for at Least 4 Weeks.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00753779. Licensed CC0.

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