niacin versus control | |||
VA drugs, 1968 | niacin versus | double blind Follow-up duration: 3.2 years | |
niacin versus ezetimibe | |||
ARBITER 6-HALTS (niacin vs ezetimibe), 2009 NCT00397657 | extended-release niacin 1 g/d, titrated to max tolerable dose up to 2 g/d (HDL-focused strategy) versus ezetimibe 10 mg/d (LDL-focused strategy) | patients with known coronary or vascular disease or coronary risk equivalents | open Follow-up duration: 14 months US |
niacin versus placebo | |||
CDP niacin, 1975 | niacin 3 mg/d versus placebo | Hommes, de 30 à 64 ans | double blind Follow-up duration: 6.2 years |
niacin versus placebo (on top statin) | |||
AIM-HIGH, 2011 NCT00120289 | high-dose, extended-release niacin in gradually increasing doses up to 2000 mg daily (+ simvastatin) versus placebo | patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, high triglycerides, and low levels of HDL cholesterol | double blind Follow-up duration: 32 months US, Canada |
HPS 2-Thrive, NCT00461630 | 2 g of extended-release niacin and 40 mg of laropiprant versus placebo | patients with vascular disease | double blind Follow-up duration: 3.9y (median) UK, Scandinavia, China |
Oxford Niaspan Study, 2009 NCT00232531 | niacin 2g daily (added to statin therapy) versus placebo (statins alone) | patients with low HDL-C (<40 mg/dl) and either a type 2 diabetes with coronary heart disease or a carotid/peripheral atherosclerosis | double blind Follow-up duration: 1 year USA |
ARBITER 2, 2009 | long-acting niacin target dose of 1 g/day (added to statin therapy) versus placebo | patients with known coronary artery disease and well controlled on statin therapy | double blind Follow-up duration: 1 y USA |
HATS, 2001 | simvastatin plus niacin versus placebo | patients with coronary disease, low HDL cholesterol levels and normal LDL cholesterol levels | double blind Follow-up duration: 3 y USA, Canada |
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