Drug

Atorvastatin clinical trials

Also written Lipitor, CI-981 and SCH 412387.

Includes 1 study of Atorvastatin sodium.

studies test it: 656
open now: 65
in phase 3: 135
first study started: 1997

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How studies write it

Studies that test it under each name

Name

Atorvastatin: 419
Atorvastatin Calcium: 23
Atorvastatin 20mg: 20
Atorvastatin 80mg: 19
Atorvastatin 40mg: 14

Brand

Lipitor: 135

Development codes

CI-981: 6
SCH 412387: 2
MK-9396: 2

Written with another drug

torcetrapib/atorvastatin: 14
Ezetimibe/atorvastatin: 3
MK-0653C: 3
Lapaquistat acetate and atorvastatin: 3
Amlodipine/Atorvastatin 5 Mg-10 Mg ORAL TABLET: 2
Ezetimibe + Atorvastatin: 2
ezetimibe and atorvastatin: 2
Amlodipine/Atorvastatin: 2

Studies by the year they started

653 studies that test it; most in 2005 (37)

Studies that test Atorvastatin, by start year
Year	Studies
1997	1
1998	5
1999	2
2000	7
2001	4
2002	6
2003	27
2004	24
2005	37
2006	36
2007	37
2008	37
2009	29
2010	28
2011	27
2012	32
2013	26
2014	27
2015	28
2016	19
2017	25
2018	21
2019	19
2020	21
2021	25
2022	22
2023	22
2024	24
2025	17
2026	18

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1: 10
Phase 1: 112
Phase 2: 160
Phase 3: 135
Phase 4: 190
No phase: 81

What it is tested for

Each study’s main condition, where its own words name it.

Hypercholesterolemia: 41
Coronary Artery Disease: 28
Dyslipidemias: 26
Hyperlipidemias: 20
Cardiovascular Diseases: 17
Acute Coronary Syndrome: 15
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: 14
Atherosclerosis: 14
Myocardial Infarction: 11
Breast Neoplasms: 10
Hypertension: 10
Atrial Fibrillation: 9

Who runs them

Industry 198 · Other 458

Pfizer's Upjohn has merged with Mylan to form Viatris Inc. (29) · Pfizer (23) · Organon and Co (18) · Yonsei University (12) · AstraZeneca (10) · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (8) · Eli Lilly and Company (8) · Tanta University (6)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Rosuvastatin (56) · Ezetimibe (29) · Simvastatin (27) · Torcetrapib (14) · Aspirin (13) · Amlodipine (12) · Metformin (10) · Fenofibrate (10)

Related medicines

As reviewed, each with the page that says it.

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Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Atorvastatin is read from its arms, and is right about nine times in ten.

Testing it · 656

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Given in every arm · 73 — Atorvastatin is usual care beside what is tested

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As the comparator · 70 — what is tested is compared with Atorvastatin

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Codes

What other systems call Atorvastatin · ClinicalTrials.gg INT006566

MeSH (NLM) D000069059AtorvastatinConfirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA) A0JWA85V8FATORVASTATINConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm 83367Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata Q668093atorvastatinConfirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus C61527AtorvastatinOne source FDA
DrugBank DB01076One source Wikidata

System	Code	Name there	Checked by
MeSH (NLM)	D000069059	Atorvastatin	Confirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM, Wikidata
UNII (FDA)	A0JWA85V8F	ATORVASTATIN	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
RxNorm	83367	—	Confirmed FDA, Wikidata
Wikidata	Q668093	atorvastatin	Confirmed FDA, NLM, Wikidata
NCI Thesaurus	C61527	Atorvastatin	One source FDA
DrugBank	DB01076	—	One source Wikidata

Also registered as atorvastatin calcium anhydrous (UNII C0GEJ5QCSO) and atorvastatin calcium trihydrate (UNII 48A5M73Z4Q · RxNorm 1297766).

“Confirmed” means two independent publishers link the code to this drug; “one source”, one does and its name agrees.