50
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2005
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2006
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2007
Simvastatin
Tablets of simvastatin 20 mg administered once a day for 12 weeks
Ezetimibe
Tablets of ezetimibe 10 mg administered once a day for 12 weeks
Combination Simvastatin plus Ezetimibe
"Simvastatin 20 mg, once a day, was administered for an additional 12-week period for the subset of individuals who took the initial monotherapy with ezetimibe 10 mg (12 week duration).~Ezetimibe 10 mg, once a day, was administered for an additional 12-week period for the subset of individuals who took the initial monotherapy with simvastatin 20 mg (12 week duration).~This Combination represents the experimental period of the present study."
Hospital do Rim e Hipertensao da UNIFESP, São Paulo
Federal University of São Paulo
OTHER