Pattern of Statins Use in Catalonia

AstraZeneca

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypercholesteremia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01477944

NIS-CES-CRE-2011/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

Pattern of statins use in Catalonia.

Enrollment: 180,723 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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