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Clinical trialNCT01061671TerminatedPhase 3Interventional

Simvastatin Therapy for Moderate and Severe COPD

SponsorUniversity of MinnesotaEnrollment885Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
View the registry record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Summary

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To determine the effect of daily administration of 40 mgms simvastatin taken for at least 12 months (range 12-36 months) on the frequency of exacerbations of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) in patients with moderate to severe COPD who are prone to exacerbations and do not have other indications for statin treatment.

Investigators

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Sites

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

Canada
  • University of Calgary

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  • University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  • Royal Columbian Hospital

    New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital

    Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

  • Lion'S Gate Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • St. Paul'S Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Vancouver General Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • St. Boniface Hospital

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  • Queen Elizabeth Ii Health Sciences Center

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • St. Joseph'S Healthcare Hamilton

    Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  • Ottawa Civic Hospital

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • the Ottawa Hospital

    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Inspiration Research Limited

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Jewish General Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Royal University Hospital

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  • Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie Et de Pneumologie de Québec (laval Hospital)

    Québec, Canada

United States
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • Veteran'S Administration Medical Center

    Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  • la Biomed at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, United States

  • University of California at San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, United States

  • University of Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, United States

  • National Jewish Health

    Denver, Colorado, United States

  • Malcom Randall Va Medical Center

    Gainesville, Florida, United States

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • University of Illinois Health System

    Chicago, Illinois, United States

  • Lsu Health

    New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

  • University of Maryland Baltimore

    Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Brigham and Women'S Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Veteran'S Administration Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Reliant Medical Group

    Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  • Veteran'S Administration Medical Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

  • Healthpartners Research Foundation

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • Veteran'S Administration Medical Center

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

  • Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, United States

  • Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

  • Western New York Veterans Administration Healthcare System

    Buffalo, New York, United States

  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina, United States

  • Cincinnati Vamc

    Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

11 more sites on the registry record.ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

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Registration & key dates

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

Start
31 Mar 2010
Primary completion
31 Jan 2014
Completion
31 Jan 2014
Last update posted
2 Jan 2018
Registered enrollment
885
Registry id
NCT01061671

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.