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See also:
All cardiovascular prevention clinical trials
All clinical trials of antioxydants
All clinical trials of succinobucol
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Treatments
Studied treatment |
succinobucol 300 mg once daily
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Control treatment |
placebo
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Patients
Patients |
patients with recent (14-365 days) acute coronary syndromes already managed with conventional treatments |
Inclusion criteria |
men and women (not of childbearing potential);18 years or older and have diabetes; or 60 years or older, or be 55 years or older and at least one of the following risk factors: low HDL cholesterol (<1�03 mmol/L in men and <1�30 mmol/L in women); a myocardial infarction before the qualifying event; evidence of additional atherosclerosis in a non-coronary arterial bed (eg, prior stroke, presence of peripheral arterial disease); or prior evidence of heart failure or left ventricular ejection fraction less than 40% |
Exclusion criteria |
recent coronary revascularisation (percutaneous coronary intervention <28 days and coronary artery bypass graft surgery <90 days before randomisation), moderate or severe symptomatic heart failure, systolic blood pressure above 180 mm Hg, serum creatinine of 221 �mol/L or greater, concentrations of alanine or aspartate aminotransferases greater than twice the upper limit of normal, use of medications known to increase the QT interval by 15 ms or more, or comorbidity with survival expected to be less than 2 years |
Method and design
Randomized effectives |
3078 / 3066 (studied vs. control) |
Design |
Parallel groups |
Blinding |
double blind |
Follow-up duration |
24 mo (range 12-36 mo) |
Number of centre |
261 |
Geographic area |
Canada, US, UK, South Africa |
Hypothesis |
Superiority |
Primary endpoint |
CV death, MI, Stroke, UA, revasc |
Results
Endpoint
Studied treat. n/N
Control treat. n/N
Graph
RR [95% CI]
cardiovascular events
530 / 3078
529 / 3066
1,00 [0,89;1,11]
new-onset atrial fibrillation
107 / 2818
55 / 2787
classic
1,92 [1,40;2,65]
cardiovascular death, MI, stroke
207 / 3078
252 / 3066
0,82 [0,69;0,98]
new-onset diabetes
30 / 1923
82 / 1950
0,37 [0,25;0,56]
0
2
1.0
Relative risks
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Endpoint |
Events (%) |
Relative Risk |
95% CI |
Endpoint definition in the trial |
Ref |
Studied treat. |
Control treat. |
cardiovascular death, MI, stroke
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207 / 3078 (6,7%) |
252 / 3066 (8,2%) |
0,82 |
[0,69;0,98] |
CV death, MI, stroke, cardiac arrest |
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new-onset diabetes
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30 / 1923 (1,6%) |
82 / 1950 (4,2%) |
0,37 |
[0,25;0,56] |
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cardiovascular events
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530 / 3078 (17,2%) |
529 / 3066 (17,3%) |
1,00 |
[0,89;1,11] |
primary endpoint |
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new-onset atrial fibrillation
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107 / 2818 (3,8%) |
55 / 2787 (2,0%) |
1,92 |
[1,40;2,65] |
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The primary endpoint (if exists) appears in blod characters
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Reference(s) used for data extraction:
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Endpoint |
studied treat. |
control treat. |
mean diff |
Absolute risk reduction
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Endpoint |
Events rate |
Absolute risk reduction (ARR) |
Studied treat. |
Control treat. |
cardiovascular death, MI, stroke |
6,73% |
8,22% |
-14,9‰
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new-onset diabetes |
1,56% |
4,21% |
-26,5‰
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cardiovascular events |
17,22% |
17,25% |
-0,3‰
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new-onset atrial fibrillation |
3,80% |
1,97% |
1,8%
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Meta-analysis of all similar trials:
antioxydants in cardiovascular prevention for all type of patients
Reference(s)
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Tardif JC, McMurray JJ, Klug E, Small R, Schumi J, Choi J, Cooper J, Scott R, Lewis EF, L'Allier PL, Pfeffer MA.
Effects of succinobucol (AGI-1067) after an acute coronary syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial..
Lancet 2008;371:1761-8
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