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Atorvastatin

Drug

Atorvastatin is a statin lipid-lowering medicine widely used to treat dyslipidemia and reduce cardiovascular risk. It is marketed under brand names including Lipitor and is taken orally. It has been approved in the U.S. since 1996 and is available as a generic prescription drug.

Trials
916
Recruiting
55
Completed
584
With results
203

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownTotal
Early Phase 1 11712 12
Phase 1 563103229 130
Phase 1/2 11181114 18
Phase 2 17124102111115 154
Phase 2/3 1116117 27
Phase 3 84112420426 187
Phase 4 139815319651 259
Not applicable 4311566822 101
Unknown 521515 28

Trials started per year

2021
10
2022
32
2023
32
2024
35
2025
28
2026
27
2027
2

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Hypercholesterolemia 622623743 134
Dyslipidemias 51141302743 85
Hyperlipidemias 102121301161 73
Coronary Artery Disease 2123083 55
Cardiovascular Diseases 2862364 49
Atherosclerosis 1111019102 44
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 581551 34
Diabetes Mellitus 41641152 33
Hypertension 71231423 32
Acute Coronary Syndrome 2241451 28

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc.327
2Organon and Co3120
3Pfizer2415
4AstraZeneca2314
5Yonsei University140
6Eli Lilly and Company132
7Sanofi127
8Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical112
9Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC93
10GlaxoSmithKline82

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Atorvastatin916
2Rosuvastatin Calcium134
3Simvastatin76
4Ezetimibe74
5Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors50
6Pravastatin37
7Tablets33
8Aspirin32
9Clopidogrel26
10pitavastatin24

Evidence

Results reported
34.8%203 of 584 completed
Published
15.8%92 of 584 completed
Primary endpoint met
67.3%136 of 202 analyses
Median months to report
15

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
67
Statistical analysis plan
61
PubMed citations
379

Trial profile

Median enrollment
92
Median duration
23months
Countries
83
Study sites
6210

Who is enrolled

Adults
890
Children
62
Older adults
755
Healthy volunteers
203

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
22
Phase 1
40
Phase 1/2
40
Phase 2
70
Phase 2/3
100
Phase 3
290
Phase 4
120
Not applicable
60
Unknown
280

Where trials run

United States
257
China
102
South Korea
81
Canada
60
United Kingdom
43
Italy
42
Denmark
34
Netherlands
34
Germany
33
Egypt
30

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1SeoulSouth Korea66
2BeijingChina42
3ChicagoUnited States41
4CincinnatiUnited States41
5HoustonUnited States39
6RochesterUnited States36
7DallasUnited States34
8RichmondUnited States34
9San AntonioUnited States32
10BaltimoreUnited States31

Terminations

Terminated
62
Withdrawn
23
Suspended
2
Stopped for recruitment
3.7%34 of 916 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
35
Recruitment
34
Funding
8
Regulatory
3
Business decision
2
COVID-19
2
Lack of efficacy
2
Safety
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT05251129 Withdrawn Withdrawn Study never submitted. Study team instead conducted a retrospective study which did not qualify for registration. 2030-06-30
NCT03176498 Suspended Suspended Others 2027-12-31
NCT02201381 Withdrawn Withdrawn Prospective recruitment not possible 2027-09-23
NCT06280976 Withdrawn Withdrawn study withdrawn, no participants enrolled, changes in the study design planned 2025-01-01
NCT05331053 Terminated Terminated COVID halting human subjects research and preliminary data from this proposal were used to submit an NIH grant. The NIH grant was funded and 3 other protocols were launched. 2024-08-31
NCT03228238 Terminated Terminated The study was terminated early due to slow recruitment and the Principal Investigator's retirement. 2024-06-01
NCT02022293 Suspended Suspended Enrollment target could not be achieved. 2024-01-31
NCT02790528 Withdrawn Withdrawn Funding issue 2023-12-31
NCT03872388 Terminated Terminated Due to slow accrual 2023-10-19
NCT04922424 Withdrawn Withdrawn not funded 2023-08-31

Trial records