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GUIDE-CAC: Statin-Ezetimibe Without Aspirin vs. Statin Monotherapy With Aspirin in High Coronary Calcification
Led by Asan Medical Center · Updated on 2025-08-07
7435
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
381 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
A Multicenter, randomized trial comparing the efficacy and safety of intensive lipid-lowering therapy using a statin-ezetimibe combination without aspirin versus statin monotherapy with aspirin in asymptomatic patients with coronary artery calcification
CONDITIONS
Official Title
GUIDE-CAC: Statin-Ezetimibe Without Aspirin vs. Statin Monotherapy With Aspirin in High Coronary Calcification
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adults aged 19 years and older
- Asymptomatic patients with significant coronary calcification (Agatston score 2424 100) and no physiologically significant coronary artery disease
- Coronary CT scan used to establish the calcification score performed within 3 years prior to randomization
- Physiological significance assessment done within 6 months prior to randomization
- Eligible regardless of prior statin or anti-platelet use
You will not qualify if you...
- History of major atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events such as acute coronary syndrome, coronary revascularization, ischemic stroke (not TIA), or symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
- Presence of moderate to severe coronary artery disease with positive stress test or fractional flow reserve less than 0.8
- Familial hypercholesterolemia
- LDL cholesterol 2424 190 mg/dL regardless of statin use
- Requirement to continue PCSK9 inhibitor during the trial
- Chronic kidney disease with estimated glomerular filtration rate below 30 mL/min/1.73m2
- Advanced liver disease (Child-Pugh B or C)
- Significant liver enzyme elevation or biliary tract obstruction
- Recent history (within 6 months) of gastrointestinal bleeding, peptic ulcer, or intracranial hemorrhage
- Organ transplant recipients on immunosuppressive therapy
- Concurrent use of medications increasing bleeding risk such as NOAC or warfarin
- History of significant allergic reaction to aspirin or statin/ezetimibe
- Diagnosis or treatment for cancer (except superficial skin cancer) within past 3 years
- Life expectancy less than 1 year from any cause
- Pregnancy, breastfeeding, or child-bearing potential
- Clinically significant abnormalities at screening that preclude safe study completion
- Unwillingness or inability to comply with study procedures
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Asan Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
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Research Team
S
Seung-Whan Lee
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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