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Do statins cause more adverse events & safety versus placebo?
Also asked against other treatments.
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Where the evidence stands
Unlikely. So far, the results disagree.
NoUnsureYes
- Belief
- 0.16 (range 0.00–0.55)
- Trials for
- 1
- Trials against
- 4
- Inconclusive
- 5
Already under way
No registered trial that could settle this is recruiting or active.
The evidence so far
- Registered trials
- 366
- With posted results
- 51
- Published papers
- 55
Of 31 decided analyses: 4 favor statins, 26 find no difference, 1 favor the comparator.
Papers
- Adverse events associated with unblinded, but not with blinded, statin therapy in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Lipid-Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA): a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial and its non-randomised non-blind extension phase.Trial report · 2017
- The effect of rosuvastatin on incident pneumonia: results from the JUPITER trial.Trial report · 2012
- A retrospective analysis of the effect of noncompliance on time to first major adverse cardiac event in LIPS.Trial report · 2003
- Impact of statin therapy on central aortic pressures and hemodynamics: principal results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation-Lipid-Lowering Arm (CAFE-LLA) Study.Trial report · 2009
- Dyslipidemia in chronic kidney disease: randomized controlled trial of colestilan versus simvastatin in dialysis patients.Trial report · 2014
- The effect of statin therapy on heart failure events: a collaborative meta-analysis of unpublished data from major randomized trials.Meta-analysis / systematic review · 2015
Trials
- A Prospective Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group Comparative Study: Atorvastatin Pre-Treatment Versus Usual Care In Asian Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Early Percutaneous Coronary InterventionNCT00728988 · 8 posted results
- Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV - REPRIEVENCT02344290 · 6 posted results
- A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of MK-0431D (a Fixed-dose Combination [FDC] of Sitagliptin and Simvastatin) for the Treatment of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) With Inadequate Glycemic Control on Metformin MonotherapyNCT01678820 · 3 posted results
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Group, 12 Week Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK0524B Versus Atorvastatin in Patients With Mixed HyperlipidemiaNCT00289900 · 5 posted results
- A Phase III Multicenter, Double-Blind, Crossover Design Study to Evaluate Lipid-Altering Efficacy and Safety of Extended-Release Niacin/Laropiprant/Simvastatin Combination Tablet in Patients With Primary Hypercholesterolemia or Mixed DyslipidemiaNCT01294683 · 5 posted results
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Pravastatin to Prevent Preeclampsia in High Risk WomenNCT03944512 · 5 posted results
- Plaque Regression and Progenitor Cell Mobilization With Intensive Lipid Elimination Regimen (PREMIER), Phase IINCT02347098 · 1 posted result
- Estudio clínico Fase III Para Evaluar la Eficacia terapéutica en Pacientes Mexicanos Con Dislipidemia Mediante el Uso vía Oral de L-Carnitina + Atorvastatina Comparado Con AtorvastatinaNCT03696940