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Effect of Lowering LDL Cholesterol Substantially Below Currently Recommended Levels in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes

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OBJECTIVE—The Treating to New Targets study showed that intensive lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin 80 mg/day provides significant clinical benefit beyond that afforded by atorvastatin 10 mg/day in patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD). The objective of our study was to investigate whether similar benefits of high-dose intensive atorvastatin therapy can be achieved in patients with CHD and diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 1,501 patients with diabetes and CHD, with LDL cholesterol levels of <130 mg/dl, were randomized to double-blind therapy with either atorvastatin 10 (n = 753) or 80 (n = 748) mg/day. Patients were followed for a median of 4.9 years. The primary end point was the time to first major cardiovascular event, defined as death from CHD, nonfatal non–procedure-related myocardial infarction, resuscitated cardiac arrest, or fatal or nonfatal stroke. RESULTS—End-of-treatment mean LDL cholesterol levels were 98.6 mg/dl with atorvastatin 10 mg and 77.0 mg/dl with atorvastatin 80 mg. A primary event occurred in 135 patients (17.9%) receiving atorvastatin 10 mg, compared with 103 patients (13.8%) receiving atorvastatin 80 mg (hazard ratio 0.75 [95% CI 0.58–0.97], P = 0.026). Significant differences between the groups in favor of atorvastatin 80 mg were also observed for time to cerebrovascular event (0.69 [0.48–0.98], P = 0.037) and any cardiovascular event (0.85 [0.73–1.00], P = 0.044). There were no significant differences between the treatment groups in the rates of treatment-related adverse events and persistent elevations in liver enzymes. CONCLUSIONS—Among patients with clinically evident CHD and diabetes, intensive therapy with atorvastatin 80 mg significantly reduced the rate of major cardiovascular events by 25% compared with atorvastatin 10 mg.

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Shepherd, J., Barter, P., Carmena, R., Deedwania, P., Fruchart, J.-C., Haffner, S., Hsia, J., Breazna, A., LaRosa, J., Grundy, S., Waters, D., & for the Treating to New Targets Investigators
Affiliations
  • University of Glasgow (GB)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Universitat de València (ES)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
  • George Washington University Hospital (US)
  • Pfizer (United States) (US)
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • San Francisco General Hospital (US)
Venue
Diabetes Care
Published
2006-06-01
Volume
29
Issue
6
Pages
1220-1226
ISSN
  • 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-5548
OpenAlex
W2160390128
Cited by
525
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
47.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Diabetes Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Pfizer
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
Keywords
atorvastatin, intensive lipid-lowering therapy, LDL cholesterol lowering, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, major adverse cardiovascular events, cardiovascular risk reduction, statin dose comparison
MeSH terms
Atorvastatin, Aged, Blood Pressure, Coronary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetic Angiopathies, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Heptanoic Acids, Humans, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Male, Middle Aged, Pyrroles, Triglycerides, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors

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