Clinical trial NCT01614561: An Observational Study Evaluating Cholesterol Levels in Patients on Cholesterol Lowering Drugs in Jordan and Lebanon
Official title: CEPHEUS Centralized Pan-Levant Survey on the Undertreatment of Hypercholesterolemia NIS-LT-CRE-2010/01 Version 1.0
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: High Blood Cholesterol
Keywords: Hypercholesterolemia
Lipid lowering drugs
Cholesterol level in blood
Target cholesterol levels guidelines for the management of high blood cholesterol
Lead sponsor: AstraZeneca
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2012-06-08
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients attending out patient clinics in Jordan and Lebanon

Brief summary: This was a multicenter survey of patients who were on lipid -lowering pharmacological treatment in 2 Levant countries namely Jordan and Lebanon. The purpose is to study the effects of cholesterol lowering drugs on the blood cholesterol levels of patients in Jordan and Lebanon.

Data collected from each patient took place at a single visit. Each participating doctor filled the investigator questionnaire on his/her experience and perception of the management of the hypercholesterolemia of his/her patients. Each doctor was asked to indicate his/her general attitude on the diagnosis of hypercholesterolemia, the existing guidelines and goals and the various treatment options for high cholesterol in blood.

Before being assessed by the investigator, patients recorded, on the patient questionnaire, their awareness of high blood cholesterol , their current lipid-lowering treatment schedule, their understanding of their condition and compliance in taking the medications on time.

The investigators completed a Patient Record Form (PRF) with the patient's basic information, cardiovascular risk factors and the cardiovascular medical history, current lipid lowering drug treatment and the reason for the current therapy.

A blood sample under fasting condition was drawn from each subject. A central laboratory in Jordan received all samples. Every sample was analyzed for its cholesterol blood level, fasting sugar level and hemoglobin A1C levels.

Detailed description: CEPHEUS Centralized Pan-Levant Survey on the Undertreatment of Hypercholesterolemia NIS-LT-CRE-2010/01 Version 1.0

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult patients with high cholesterol blood levels willing to participate in the study
* Patients must be on cholesterol lowering medications for three months with no dose change for six weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients not on cholesterol lowering medications or on medications for less than three months
* Any medication dose change in six weeks prior to their visit

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number and percentage of subjects achieving the LDL-C goals, according to the NCEP ATP III / updated 2004 NCEP ATP III guidelines, in Jordan and Lebanon
timeFrame: 5 months- One visit only, no follow up visits
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number and percentage of subjects achieving LDL-C goals according to the NCEP ATP III / 2004 updated NCEP ATP III guidelines, for several subject subsets
timeFrame: 5 months- One visit only, no follow up visits
measure: Number and percentage of subjects achieving the LDL-C goals, according to the Third Joint European Task Force guidelines, overall and for several subject subsets
timeFrame: 5 months- One visit only, no follow up visits
measure: Number and percentage of subjects achieving the non HDL-C goals according to the NCEP ATP III / updated 2004 NCEP ATP III / national guidelines (<130 mg/dL), in the following sub-population: patients with fasting triglycerides >200 mg/dL.
timeFrame: 5 months- One visit only, no follow up visits
measure: Achievement of LDL-C goals, according to the Third Joint European Task Force TJETF / NCEP ATP III / 2004 updated NCEP ATP III guidelines, and patient and physician variables. Assessed using Multivariate logistic regression mode
timeFrame: 5 months- One visit only, no follow up visits
measure: Physician characteristics associated with the allocation of treatment regimen.
timeFrame: 5 months- One visit only, no follow up visits
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Istishari Hospital Amman
name: Ayman Hammoudeh, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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