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AURORA: Crestor 10mg Versus Placebo in Subjects With End-stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00240331
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : October 18, 2005
Results First Posted : November 4, 2009
Last Update Posted : May 19, 2011
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AstraZeneca

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to see if rosuvastatin helps to reduce the number of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths in patients undergoing haemodialysis.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Renal Failure Drug: 10mg Rosuvastatin Drug: Placebo Phase 3

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 2776 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Care Provider)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: A Study to Evaluate the Use of Rosuvastatin in Subjects On Regular Haemodialysis: an Assessment of Survival and Cardiovascular Events (AURORA). A Double Blind, Randomised, Phase 3b, Parallel-group Study to Compare the Effects of Rosuvastatin With Placebo on Assessment of Survival & Cardiovascular Events When Given to Subjects With End-stage Renal Failure on Chronic Haemodialysis Treatment
Study Start Date : January 2003
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 2008
Actual Study Completion Date : October 2008

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MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney Failure

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Rosuvastatin 10mg Drug: 10mg Rosuvastatin
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
matching Placebo
 Drug: Placebo


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of Randomised Participants With a Major Cardiovascular Event (Non-fatal Stroke, Non-fatal Myocardial Infarction or Cardiovascular Death) [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Number of Randomised Participants That Died From Any Cause. [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]
  2. Number of Randomised Participants With a Major Cardiovascular Event or That Died From Any Known Cause [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]
  3. Number of Randomised Participants That Died From Cardiovascular Cause [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]
  4. Number of Randomised Participants That Died From Non Cardiovascular Cause [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]
  5. Number of Randomised Participants With an Atherosclerotic Cardiac Event (Non-fatal Myocardial Infarction or Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Death) [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]
  6. Number of Randomised Participants That Experienced a Procedure as a Result of Stenosis or Thrombosis of the Vascular Access (Arteriovenous (AV) Fistulas and Grafts Only) for Haemodialysis. [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]
  7. Number of Randomised Participants That Experienced a Coronary or Peripheral Revascularisation (Including Above Ankle Limb Amputations). [ Time Frame: Events were reported continuously during the study. Duration of follow-up ranged from 1 day to 5.6 years ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   50 Years to 80 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female subjects with end-stage renal failure aged 50-80 years, who have received regular haemodialysis treatment for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects will have no underlying condition that is expected to limit survival to less than 1 year and is also unrelated to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Subjects should not have received a statin therapy within the past 6 months
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Sponsors and Collaborators
AstraZeneca
Investigators
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Study Director: AstraZeneca Crestor Medical Sciences Director, MD AstraZeneca
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Responsible Party: MSD, AstraZeneca
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00240331    
Other Study ID Numbers: 4522IL/0096
D3562C00096
First Posted: October 18, 2005    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: November 4, 2009
Last Update Posted: May 19, 2011
Last Verified: May 2011
Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
End Stage Renal Failure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Renal Insufficiency
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Rosuvastatin Calcium
Anticholesteremic Agents
Hypolipidemic Agents
 Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Lipid Regulating Agents
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors