Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:33 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:33 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04453735
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Participation in the MUSE trial (Eudract nr. 2018-004261-14) and still fulfilling the study entry criteria: First or recurrent diagnosis (myocardial infarction) or treatments (PCI or CABG) for a CHD event 12-42 months prior to study start.
Exclusion Criteria:
* First or recurrent diagnosis (myocardial infarction) or treatments (PCI or CABG) for a CHD event the a) past 12 months prior to study start in high risk patients (i.e. at least one of following comorbid conditions: systolic heart failure, \>1 previous myocardial infarction, kidney failure, diabetes, and smokers) and b) the past 6 months prior to study start in low risk patients without any of the co-morbid conditions mentioned above and in patients who are not taking a statin at all.
* Patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and patients with familial hypercholesterolemia
* Patient has any contraindications for atorvastatin listed in the Summary of Product Characteristics (i.e. known hypersensitivity to the ingredients, acute liver failure/ ALT \> 3 times upper limit of the normal range in blood at study start, pregnancy and breastfeeding )
* History of previous rhabdomyolysis, myopathy or liver failure due to statin treatment with CK \> 10 times upper limit of the normal range or ALT \> 3 times upper limit of the normal range.
* Any condition (e.g. psychiatric illness, dementia) or situation, that in the investigator's opinion could put the subject at significant risk, confound the study results, interfere significantly with the subject participation in the study, or rendering informed consent unfeasible
* Short life expectancy (\<12 months) due to other medical conditions
* Not being able to understand Norwegian.
* Women of childbearing potential defined as all premenopausal female.
* Participation in another randomized clinical trial
* Classified with significantly more muscle symptoms on placebo than on atorvastatin in the MUSE trial
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT04453735
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04453735