| E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation | 
| E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated | 
| Primary prevention of atherosclerotic disease |  | 
| E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language | 
| Primary prevention of atherosclerotic disease |  | 
| E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Cardiovascular Diseases [C14] | 
| MedDRA Classification | 
| E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No | 
| E.2 Objective of the trial | 
| E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial | 
| To investigate the effects of genetic variants and other individual factors on statin efficacy, tolerability and concentrations in patients starting a new statin treatment 
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| Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on tutkia miten geenimuunnokset ja muut yksilölliset tekijät vaikuttavat statiinien tehoon, siedettävyyteen ja pitoisuuksiin potilailla, jotka aloittavat uuden statiinilääkityksen 
 
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| E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial | 
| To investigate the effect of statin therapy on the levels of metabolism-derived products in patients starting a new statin treatment |  
| Tutkia miten statiinilääkitys vaikuttaa aineenvaihduntatuotteiden pitoisuuksiin potilailla, jotka aloittavat uuden statiinilääkityksen |  | 
| E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No | 
| E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria | 
| • a signed informed consent, • age ≥18 years,
 • an indication for statin treatment in agreement with Finnish standard treatment guidelines ("käypä hoito"),
 • a new statin prescription for primary prevention of atherosclerosis
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| • allekirjoitettu tietoinen suostumus, • ikä ≥18 vuotta,
 • käypä hoito -suosituksen mukainen indikaatio statiinihoidolle,
 • uusi statiinilääkitys ateroskleroottisen sairauden primaaripreventioon
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| E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria | 
| • a person as defined in sections 7-10§ of the Finnish law on Medical Research (disabled, underage, pregnant, nursing or prisoner), • a contraindication for statin treatment
 
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| • ”lain lääketieteellisestä tutkimuksesta” 7-10§:ssä tarkoitettu henkilö (vajaakykyinen, alaikäinen, raskaana oleva, imettävä tai vanki), • vasta-aihe statiinilääkitykselle
 
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| E.5 End points | 
| E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) | 
| • % change in LDL cholesterol levels (ΔLDL%), • statin intolerance
 
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| • LDL-kolesterolipitoisuuden %-muutos (ΔLDL%), • statiini-intoleranssi
 
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| E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | 
| 1 and 12 months |  
| 1 ja 12 kk |  | 
| E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) | 
| • adherance • plasma concentrations of statins, their metabolites, and endogenous and nutrition-derived metabolites
 
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| • adherenssi • statiinien ja niiden aineenvaihduntatuotteiden sekä endogeenisten ja ravintoperäisten aineenvaihduntatuotteiden plasmapitoisuudet
 
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| E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point | 
| 1 and 12 months |  
| 1 ja 12 kk |  | 
| E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial | 
| E.6 | Scope of the trial | 
| E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No | 
| E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No | 
| E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes | 
| E.6.4 | Safety | Yes | 
| E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes | 
| E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes | 
| E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | Yes | 
| E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No | 
| E.6.9 | Dose response | Yes | 
| E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Yes | 
| E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No | 
| E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No | 
| E.6.13 | Others | No | 
| E.7 | Trial type and phase | 
| E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No | 
| E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No | 
| E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No | 
| E.7.1.3 | Other | No | 
| E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description |  | 
| E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No | 
| E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No | 
| E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes | 
| E.8 Design of the trial | 
| E.8.1 | Controlled | No | 
| E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No | 
| E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes | 
| E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No | 
| E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No | 
| E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No | 
| E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No | 
| E.8.1.7 | Other | Yes | 
| E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description | 
| Prospektiivinen havainnoiva kliininen tutkimus |  
| Prospective observational clinical trial |  | 
| E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial | 
| E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No | 
| E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No | 
| E.8.2.3 | Other | No | 
| E.8.3 | The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned | No | 
| E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes | 
| E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 10 | 
| E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No | 
| E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA | 
| E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No | 
| E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No | 
| E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No | 
| E.8.8 | Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
                        visit of the last subject undergoing the trial | 
| LVLS, otherwise approximately 12 months after enrollment of last subject. |  | 
| E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 6 | 
| E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |