Pragmatic Evaluation of Events And Benefits of Lipid-lowering in Older Adults
- Interventional
- Recruiting
- NCT04262206
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PRagmatic EValuation of evENTs And Benefits of Lipid-lowering in oldEr Adults (PREVENTABLE)
PREVENTABLE is a multi-center, randomized, parallel group, placebo-controlled superiority study. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to atorvastatin 40 mg or placebo. This large study conducted in community-dwelling older adults without cardiovascular disease (CVD) or dementia will demonstrate the benefit of statins for reducing the primary composite of death, dementia, and persistent disability and secondary composites including mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cardiovascular events.
As part of the study operations, with the rationale of providing patient centricity, ease of participation, and access for vulnerable and at risk participants, follow up will be performed by a combination of central and distributed research teams. This includes a call center as well as a nationwide system of decentralized research staff trained on the protocol able to meet the patient in their home or other desired location. The baseline and annual assessments performed centrally will include a phone screen for cognitive function (TICS-M) and physical function (Patient-reported Outcome Measurement Information System-Physical Function [PROMIS-PF]). After year 1, If baseline calls indicated by crossing pre-specified cutpoints, in-person assessments will be completed by trained and certified research staff at a mutually agreed upon time and a standardized interview of a knowledgeable informant. Cardiovascular event ascertainment will be via a systematic approach to data curation from the EHR, Medicare, and National Death Index. For convenience and compliance, the study pharmacy will mail a supply of study drug, sufficient for 90 days, directly to participants. This will start immediately after randomization and continue as long as the participant is on study drug.
Gender
All
Age Group
75 Years and up
Accepting Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Community-dwelling adults
- Age ≥75 years
- English or Spanish as primary language
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinically evident cardiovascular disease defined as prior myocardial Infarction (MI), prior stroke, prior revascularization procedure, or a secondary prevention indication for a statin (clinician determined)
- Hospitalization for a primary diagnosis of heart failure in the prior 12 months (Note: History of heart failure in the absence of recent hospitalization or clinically evident cardiovascular disease is not an exclusion)
- Dementia (clinically evident or previously diagnosed)
- Dependence in any Katz Basic Activities of Daily Living [ADL] (with the exception of urinary or bowel continence)
- Severe hearing impairment (preventing phone follow up)
- Unable to talk (preventing phone follow up)
- Severe visual impairment (preventing cognitive testing)
- Statin use in the past year or for longer than 5 years previously (participant reported)
- Ineligible to take atorvastatin 40 mg (clinician determined)
- Documented intolerance to statins
- Active Liver Disease
- Long-term use of daily colchicine, verapamil at any dose, or diltiazem at a dose >240mg/day.