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NCT04903223RecruitingPhase 1

Liver Adiposity Effects on Pediatric Statin

Effects of Pediatric Liver Adiposity on Statin Disposition and Response

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Nov 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Single center, open-label, prospective investigation to quantify the effects hepatocellular fat has on hepatic statin transport and response in children and adolescents in obese and non-obese children and adolescents 8-21 years of age with normal, wild-type SLCO1B1 c.521TT genotype that are dosed rosuvastatin

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50 (estimated)
First submitted
17 May 2021
Start date
1 Apr 2021
Primary completion date
30 Oct 2027
Lead sponsor
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
NCT number
NCT04903223

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
  • Planned participants: 50
  • From 1 Apr 2021 to the primary completion date, 30 Oct 2027
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Currently on statin therapy and unwilling to wash out of statin therapy for at least 4 weeks prior to Visit 1 and throughout the duration of the study.
  • Pharmacotherapy that interacts with statins (OATP1B1 inducers/inhibitors) \*

Other illness

  • Underlying unrepaired congenital or acquired cardiovascular defects or repaired congenital or acquired cardiovascular defects with hemodynamically significant residual disease.

Lab values

  • History of underlying or laboratory evidence of underlying intestinal, metabolic, autoimmune, renal disease that can alter rosuvastatin disposition\* (absorption, metabolism, distribution, or clearance)
  • \>5x the age-specific upper limit of normal for AST, ALT, total and conjugated bilirubin

Other

  • Pregnancy
  • Non-fasting
  • Non-removable metal in body or MRI unsafe
  • Inability to swallow a tablet
  • Diarrhea in the last 24 hours
  • Anything that would exclude a participant from completing an MRI, such as pacemakers, claustrophobia, or body habitus (e.g., weight greater than 350 lbs.)

Who the study is looking for

  • 8-21 years
  • LDL cholesterol \>130mg/dl (\>95% percentile)
  • SLCO1B1 c.521TT genotype
  • Provide informed permission-assent(\<18 yrs.) or consent (≥18 yrs.)
  • Fasting overnight (\~8 hrs.)
  • Enrolled in Cardiology Pharmacogenomic Repository

Age in the registry: 8 years to 21 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Children's Mercy Hospital
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Kansas CityUnited StatesRecruiting

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