Clinical trials: Cardiac Morbidity
- Condition Cardiac Morbidity
- Funder type Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Age group Children (under 18)
Cardiovascular Diseases
Atorvastatin Versus Simvastatin In The Prevention Of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) In Patients With Known CHD
To investigate whether a long-term strategy to lower LDL cholesterol with atorvastatin as much as possible will improve prognosis in CHD patients compared with a strategy reflecting current best clinical practice with simvastatin.
- Trial name
- IDEAL (NCT00159835)
- Testing
- atorvastatin, simvastatin
- Where
- 194 sites in Denmark, Finland and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 8,600 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer