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Officials Halt NSAID Prevention Trials
Tracy Hampton, PhD
JAMA. 2005;293:664-665.
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Although clinicians and patients were hoping that the recent rofecoxib debacle would be isolated to that drug alone, new clinical trial data now indicate that other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may, like rofecoxib, raise the risk of heart attack and stroke. As patients and physicians wait for a clear analysis of the available data, they are left wondering about not only the safety of NSAIDs, but also the fate of clinical studies testing the drugs’ effectiveness for preventing other conditions.
In December, two government-sponsored studies were halted: the Adenoma Prevention with Celecoxib (APC) trial, a colorectal cancer study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, and the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial (ADAPT), conducted by the National Institute on Aging.
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Studies indicating that NSAIDs may raise cardiovascular risks have sparked a debate about risks vs benefits of using the drugs for treating disease or in prevention trials. (Photo . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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