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NCT04536870Active, not recruiting

Statins in Reducing Events in the Elderly (STAREE) Heart Sub-study

STAREE-HEART Sub-study Clinical Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Apr 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The STAREE-HEART sub-study will examine the effect of statin treatment over a 3-year period compared with placebo on markers of cardiac ageing (myocardial dysfunction). This will include determining global longitudinal strain with transthoracic echocardiography, atrial fibrillation with home measures twice daily for two weeks and changes in biomarkers.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
369 (actual)
First submitted
25 Aug 2020
Start date
12 Dec 2019
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Monash University
NCT number
NCT04536870

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 369
  • From 12 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2026
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other

  • Known atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter.
  • Participants who do not wish to be informed of an abnormality under any circumstances, regardless of severity, will not be enrolled in the study.

Who the study is looking for

  • Men and women aged ≥70 years living independently in the community who are participants in the STAREE RCT and eligible for randomisation to study medication.
  • Willing and able to provide informed consent and accept the STAREE-HEART study requirements, including attendance for an echocardiogram and undertaking home monitoring via ECG.

Age in the registry: 70 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Monash University; School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine: STAREE trial
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MelbourneAustraliaUnknown status
Curtin University
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PerthAustraliaUnknown status

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