Treatments
Studied treatment |
addition of ezetimibe (10 mg/daily) to statin therapy
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Control treatment |
extended-release niacin 2000 mg/daily
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Patients
Patients |
patients at high risk for vascular disease but with LDL-cholesterol levels <100 mg/dL and moderately low HDL-cholesterol levels (<50 mg/dL) |
Method and design
Randomized effectives |
NA / NA (studied vs. control) |
Design |
Parallel groups |
Blinding |
open |
Follow-up duration |
14 months |
Premature discontinuation |
Premature discontinuation for efficacy |
Hypothesis |
Superiority |
Primary endpoint |
carotid IMT |
Remarks |
stopped early on the basis of a prespecified interim analysis showing that niacin was superior to ezetimibe on the end point of change in the carotid IMT |
Remarks / Comments
The trial was stopped early on the basis of a prespecified interim analysis showing that niacin was superior to ezetimibe on the end point of change in the carotid IMT
Results
No results available for this trial
- no clinical endpoint reported
Meta-analysis of all similar trials:
cholesterol lowering intervention in cardiovascular prevention for high risk patients with or without LDL cholesterol elevation
cholesterol lowering intervention in cardiovascular prevention for all chronical situations
Reference(s)
TrialResults-center ID |
TRC10015
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Trials register # |
NA
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