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Not Just Lipid Levels

Steven E. Nissen, MD

JAMA. 2004;292:1365-1367.

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For more than a decade, statin drugs have accumulated a remarkable record of successful clinical trials, demonstrating robust evidence for reduction in clinical events, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular death in primary and secondary prevention populations.^1-4 Recent trials have shown that intensive statin therapy is superior to moderate therapy for reducing morbidity following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event^5-6 and for slowing the progression of coronary atherosclerosis.⁷ Statin trials have also demonstrated a favorable safety profile with only rare and isolated cases of serious toxicity.⁸ Given the spectacular success of this class of drugs, the failure of a statin clinical trial to meet its prespecified objective and evidence of an adverse safety profile are unusual and mandate careful analysis of potential responsible factors.

Phase Z of the A to Z trial,⁹ published in this issue of JAMA, is to date the largest trial testing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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