120
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2016
Primary Completion Date
January 31, 2027
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2027
Lovastatin
Those in the Lovastatin group will receive 20mg of Lovastatin per day for the first two weeks and 40mg of Lovastatin per day starting at week 3 through week 11.
reading tutoring intervention
After the initial 12 weeks of Lovastatin or placebo, children will return for one week of intensive, one-on-one tutoring intervention (either reading or sham; Visit 2)
Placebo Oral Tablet
Those in the placebo group will receive a tablet daily
"Other Academic sham tutoring"
No reading (sham) tutoring. Children will receive intensive tutoring on a subject other than reading.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Vanderbilt University
OTHER