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Clinical trialNCT00572468CompletedInterventional

Statin Therapy Versus Placebo Prior to Prostatectomy

SponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentEnrollment42CancerProstate Cancer
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Summary

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This is a randomized trial comparing the effect of oral simvastatin versus placebo on targets of the mevalonate pathway in men undergoing a prostatectomy as planned management for prostate cancer. Observed tissue effects will be correlated with changes in serum cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein.
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Investigators

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Durham Va Medical Center, Durham, Nc

    Durham, North Carolina, United States

  • Va Medical Center, Portland

    Portland, Oregon, United States

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Drugs studied

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Simvastatin →
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Dec 2007
Primary completion
30 Apr 2013
Completion
30 Apr 2017
Last update posted
13 Jul 2017
Registered enrollment
42
Registry id
NCT00572468
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.