Trial reportJournal of the American College of Cardiology2009

Effect of intensive statin therapy on clinical outcomes among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome. PCI-PROVE IT: A PROVE IT-TIMI 22 (Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 22) Substudy.

C Michael Gibson, Yuri B Pride, Claudia P Hochberg, Sarah Sloan, Marc S Sabatine, Christopher P Cannon, TIMI Study Group

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Trial report in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2009. The graph read 2 numbers from its abstract, feeding 1 cell of the map, but it casts no vote: the report of the main result of NCT00382460 is not on the map. It reports registered trial NCT00382460. Cited by 43 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

2numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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Lipidscomparator not stated · ascvd, dyslipidemiafeeds one cell of the map
OR 0.74p=0.015
After adjusting for on-treatment serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and C-reactive protein concentrations, the odds of TVR with high-dose statin therapy remained significant (odds ratio: 0.74, p=0.015) while the odds of non-TVR did not (odds ratio: 0.92, p=0.55).
Lipidscomparator not stated · ascvd, dyslipidemiafeeds one cell of the map
OR 0.92p=0.55
After adjusting for on-treatment serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and C-reactive protein concentrations, the odds of TVR with high-dose statin therapy remained significant (odds ratio: 0.74, p=0.015) while the odds of non-TVR did not (odds ratio: 0.92, p=0.55).

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2 · Its place on the map

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supports the treatmentfavours the comparatorno clear differenceread, but no usable result
3 · What it changes

What it adds to each cell

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Statins×lipids

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38 readable studies in this cell: 26 favour the treatment, 5 find no difference, 7 favour the comparator.

Belief with this paper
0.50contested · 21 families support, 7 contradict · against placebo
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0 · no effect
NCT002899002,340 enrolled · 2006
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reduced -66.0-73.0 to -58.0
NCT02546323543 enrolled · 2015
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NCT01678820299 enrolled · 2012
Δ 0.50-4.80 to 5.80
NCT01218204287 enrolled · 2010
Δ 5.47-15.7 to 26.7
NCT0093525931 enrolled · 2009
Δ -51.7
reductions -33.6-38.8 to -28.4

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4 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00382460 phase4completed

Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy (TIMI22)

Ran2000Enrolled4,000Registered outcomes3Posted comparisons0ConditionsActue Coronary SyndromesArmsPravastatin sodium
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5 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 · The record

Corrections and comments

7 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

C Michael GibsonTIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. mgibson@perfuse.org
Yuri B Pride
Claudia P Hochberg
Sarah Sloan
Marc S Sabatine
Christopher P Cannon
TIMI Study Group
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

8 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectivesThe goal of this analysis was to determine whether intensive statin therapy, compared with moderate-dose statin therapy, leads to a reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

backgroundWhen compared with moderate-dose statins, intensive statin therapy reduces MACE among patients with ACS. The role of intensive statin therapy specifically among patients who undergo PCI for ACS is unknown.

methodsOutcomes were compared in 2,868 patients who underwent PCI for ACS just prior to enrollment in the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 (Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy-Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction 22) trial, which randomized patients to either atorvastatin 80 mg or pravastatin 40 mg daily. The incidence of the primary composite end point of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, unstable angina leading to hospitalization, and revascularization after 30 days and stroke was evaluated, as was the incidence of target vessel revascularization (TVR) and non-TVR during follow-up.

resultsTreatment with 80 mg atorvastatin reduced the incidence of the composite end point (21.5% vs. 26.5%, hazard ratio: 0.78, 95% confidence interval: 0.67 to 0.91, p=0.002) and lowered the incidence of both TVR (11.4% vs. 15.4%, p=0.001) and non-TVR (8.0% vs. 10.5%, p=0.017) compared with 40 mg pravastatin. After adjusting for on-treatment serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and C-reactive protein concentrations, the odds of TVR with high-dose statin therapy remained significant (odds ratio: 0.74, p=0.015) while the odds of non-TVR did not (odds ratio: 0.92, p=0.55).

conclusionsAmong patients with ACS who undergo PCI, intensive statin therapy reduces MACE compared with moderate-dose statin therapy. The reduction in the incidence of TVR was independent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and C-reactive protein lowering and may therefore be due, at least in part, to a pleiotropic effect of high-dose statin therapy. (PROVE IT-TIMI 22; NCT00382460).

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Angioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAcute Coronary SyndromeAtorvastatinCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleHeptanoic AcidsHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedPravastatinPyrrolesAtorvastatinHeptanoic AcidsHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsPravastatinPyrroles

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