Study Stopped
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Comprehensive Rimonabant Evaluation Study of Cardiovascular ENDpoints and Outcomes
CRESCENDO
Randomized, Multinational, Multicenter, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Two-arm Parallel Group Trial of Rimonabant 20 mg OD for Reducing the Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events in Abdominally Obese Patients With Clustering Risk Factors
2 other identifiers
interventional
18,695
41 countries
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Brief Summary
The primary objective is to show whether rimonabant reduces the risk of a heart attack (MI), stroke, or death from an MI or stroke in patients with abdominal obesity with other cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. The secondary objective is to show whether rimonabant reduces the risk of MI, stroke, CV death, or CV hospitalization in these patients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_3
Started Dec 2005
Typical duration for phase_3
41 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
December 1, 2005
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 6, 2005
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 7, 2005
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2009
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2009
CompletedMay 20, 2016
April 1, 2016
3.3 years
December 6, 2005
April 21, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
First occurrence of any of myocardial infarction, stroke or cardiovascular (CV) death
From randomization up to common study end date (33-50 months)
Secondary Outcomes (2)
First occurrence of any of myocardial infarction, stroke, CV death, and CV hospitalization
From randomization up to common study end date (33-50 months)
All-cause mortality
From randomization up to common study end date (33-50 months)
Study Arms (2)
Rimonabant
EXPERIMENTALRimonabant 20 mg once daily
Placebo
PLACEBO COMPARATORPlacebo (for Rimonabant) once daily.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Waist circumference \>102 cm (40 inches) males, \>88 cm (35 inches) females, with one coronary heart disease (CHD) equivalent or two major risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
- CHD equivalents:
- Recent (within 3 years)documented heart attack
- Documented symptomatic coronary artery disease
- Recent (within 3 years) ischemic cerebrovascular episode (stroke or TIA)
- Documented symptomatic peripheral arterial disease
- Major risk factors:
- Documented type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Metabolic syndrome (NCEP criteria)
- Asymptomatic cerebrovascular, renal, or peripheral arterial disease, or past abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
- Elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
- Age \> or = 65 years for males, age \> or = 70 years for females
You may not qualify if:
- Obesity of known endocrine origin
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women
- Very low calorie diet or weight loss surgery within past 6 months
- Presence of any severe medical or psychological condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the patient's safe participation, including uncontrolled serious psychiatric illness
- Likely cardiovascular intervention within next 1 month
- Allergy to rimonabant or excipients, or prior participation in a rimonabant trial
- Receipt of investigational product within past 30 days
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Sanofilead
Study Sites (43)
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bridgewater, New Jersey, 08807, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Buenos Aires, Argentina
sanofi-aventis Australia & New Zealand administrative office
Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Vienna, Austria
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Diegem, Belgium
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
São Paulo, Brazil
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Santiago, Chile
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Shangaï, China
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bogotá, Colombia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Prague, Czechia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Hørsholm, Denmark
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Helsinki, Finland
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Paris, France
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Berlin, Germany
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Athens, Greece
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Budapest, Hungary
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Mumbai, India
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Dublin, Ireland
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Netanya, Israel
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Milan, Italy
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
México, Mexico
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Gouda, Netherlands
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Lysaker, Norway
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Lima, Peru
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Makati City, Philippines
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Warsaw, Poland
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Porto Salvo, Portugal
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bucharest, Romania
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Moscow, Russia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Singapore, Singapore
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Midrand, South Africa
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Seoul, South Korea
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Madrid, Spain
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bromma, Sweden
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Geneva, Switzerland
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Taipei, Taiwan
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Bangkok, Thailand
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Mégrine, Tunisia
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office
Guildford, United Kingdom
Related Publications (2)
Topol EJ, Bousser MG, Fox KA, Creager MA, Despres JP, Easton JD, Hamm CW, Montalescot G, Steg PG, Pearson TA, Cohen E, Gaudin C, Job B, Murphy JH, Bhatt DL; CRESCENDO Investigators. Rimonabant for prevention of cardiovascular events (CRESCENDO): a randomised, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2010 Aug 14;376(9740):517-23. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60935-X.
PMID: 20709233RESULTBhatia G, Bansal V, Harismendy O, Schork NJ, Topol EJ, Frazer K, Bafna V. A covering method for detecting genetic associations between rare variants and common phenotypes. PLoS Comput Biol. 2010 Oct 14;6(10):e1000954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000954.
PMID: 20976246DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Eric Topol, MD
Scripps Clinic
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
The Cleveland Clinic
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- QUADRUPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 6, 2005
First Posted
December 7, 2005
Study Start
December 1, 2005
Primary Completion
April 1, 2009
Study Completion
April 1, 2009
Last Updated
May 20, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-04