Real Life Experience With Caduet In Patients With Cardiovascular Risk Factors (EXCEL)

Viatris

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Treatments: Drug: CADUET (AMLODIPINE 5 mg/ATORVASTATIN 10 mg or 20 mg)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00579254

A3841054

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the effect of single pill therapy on the management of hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors (e.g., dyslipidemia) in Indian patients in whom the treating doctor has already considered that the administration of the amlodipine/atorvastatin single pill to be appropriate

Full description

Patients who have been prescribed single pill Caduet are eligible to participate in this study. The treating physician will obtain written informed consent from each subject or the subject's legally acceptable representative before any study-specific activity is performed.

The study terminated on May 5, 2008. The decision to terminate was due to inability to achieve study timelines and undue delay in obtaining IEC/IRB permission at some sites. No safety or efficacy issues caused the decision to terminate.

Enrollment: 112 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients who have been prescribed single pill Caduet are eligible to participate in this study. Patients will be treated in this study according to prevailing local clinical practice following the locally approved product labeled recommendations.

Exclusion criteria

• Known hypersensitivity to dihydropyridines, amlodipine, atorvastatin, or any component of this medication,
• Active liver disease or unexplained persistent elevations of serum transaminases exceeding three times the upper limit of normal,
• Or who are pregnant, breast-feeding, or of childbearing potential who are not using adequate contraceptive measures. Amlodipine/atorvastatin should be administered to women of childbearing age only when such patients are highly unlikely to conceive and have been informed of the potential hazards to the fetus.