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RecruitingNCT01653223Updated Apr 21, 2023

Myocardial Protection Effect of Simvastatin Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

An interventional study of simvastatin in Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Valve Disease, sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-21.

Sponsored by Sun Yat-sen University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
369
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Statins have been used to low cholesterol to prevent and treat coronary artery diseases. It was also reported that statins could protect endothelial function and cardiac function during coronary artery bypass graft. The investigators recent found simvastatin reduced myocardial injury during noncoronary artery cardiac surgery in single medical center. The investigators further investigate that whether simvastatin can protect myocardium during noncoronary artery cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and improve cardiac function with long term use postoperatively in two medical centers.

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Conditions studied

  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Heart Valve Disease
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In context

Heart Diseases

3,640 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Diseases; 461 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 369 is above the median of 100 across 1,779 interventional studies indexed under Heart Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Sun Yat-sen University is the lead sponsor of 1,644 studies on the registry; 602 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • More than 18-year-old,
  • Congenital heart disease(not complex),
  • Isolated heart valve disease,

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Coronary artery disease
  • Allergy for statins
  • Poor liver function,Hepatitis
  • Gestation women and Breast-feeding women
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
369 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    control

    untreated

  • Experimental
    short statin

    Simvastatin (20 mg) was administered every day for the 5-7 days preoperatively, but not the day of surgery in the statin group. Then simvastatin was re-administered at the second day until 7 days postoperatively.

    Drug: simvastatin

  • Experimental
    long statin

    Simvastatin (20 mg) was administered every day for the 5-7 days preoperatively, but not the day of surgery in the statin group. Then simvastatin was re-administered at the second day until 6 months postoperatively.

    Drug: simvastatin

Interventions

  • Drugsimvastatin

    In short statin group: 20 mg per day, start at 5-7 days before surgery and continue for 7 days. In long statin group: 20 mg per day, start at 5-7 days before surgery and continue for 6 months.

    Also known as: simcor

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. troponin

    The investigator will measure the plasma troponin level in several time points before and after surgery in each patient. This is mainly for the comparason between control and short statin, which has been proved in our previous clinical trial: statin1.

    Time frame: within the first 7 days after surgery

  2. ejection fraction

    Each patient will be followed up and checked with B ultrasound on heart in 1,3,6,12,18 and 24 months after surgery. The ejection fraction will be measured. This is mainly for the comparason between short statin and long statin, which is the major goal in this clinical trial: statin 2.

    Time frame: within two years

Secondary outcomes

  1. long term survival

    Each patient will be followed up and observed survival time.

    Time frame: within two years

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 21, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01653223
Lead sponsor
Sun Yat-sen University
Responsible party
Jing-song Ou (Director, Sun Yat-sen University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 30, 2012
Start date
Jan 2013
Primary completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 21, 2023

Study contacts

Jing-song Ou, MD, PhD
Contact
oujs2000@yahoo.com
8620-87755766 ext. 8238
Zhi-ping Wang, MD, PhD
Contact
8620-87755766 ext. 8238
Jing-song Ou, MD,PhD
principal investigator · The Frist Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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