Relation of gemfibrozil treatment and lipid levels with major coronary events: VA-HIT: a randomized controlled trial.
JAMA
; 285(12): 1585-91, 2001 Mar 28.
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ABSTRACT
CONTEXT A low plasma level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). A secondary prevention study, the Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Intervention Trial (VA-HIT), demonstrated that CHD events were significantly reduced during a median follow-up of 5.1 years by treating patients with the fibric acid derivative gemfibrozil when the predominant lipid abnormality was low HDL-C. OBJECTIVE:
To determine if the reduction in major CHD events with gemfibrozil in VA-HIT could be attributed to changes in major plasma lipid levels.DESIGN:
Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted from September 1991 to August 1998.SETTING:
The Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program, in which 20 VA medical centers were participating sites.PARTICIPANTS:
A total of 2531 men with a history of CHD who had low HDL-C levels (mean, 32 mg/dL [0.83 mmol/L] ) and low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels (mean, 111 mg/dL [2.88 mmol/L]). INTERVENTION Participants were randomly assigned to receive gemfibrozil, 1200 mg/d (n = 1264), or matching placebo (n = 1267). MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
Relation of lipid levels at baseline and averaged during the first 18 months of gemfibrozil treatment with the combined incidence of nonfatal myocardial infarction and CHD death.RESULTS:
Concentrations of HDL-C were inversely related to CHD events. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards analysis showed that CHD events were reduced by 11% with gemfibrozil for every 5-mg/dL (0.13-mmol/L) increase in HDL-C (P =.02). Events were reduced even further with gemfibrozil beyond that explained by increases in HDL-C values, particularly in the second through fourth quintiles of HDL-C values during treatment. During gemfibrozil treatment, only the increase in HDL-C significantly predicted a lower risk of CHD events; by multivariable analysis, neither triglyceride nor LDL-C levels at baseline or during the trial predicted CHD events.CONCLUSIONS:
Concentrations of HDL-C achieved with gemfibrozil treatment predicted a significant reduction in CHD events in patients with low HDL-C levels. However, the change in HDL-C levels only partially explained the beneficial effect of gemfibrozil.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Genfibrozila
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Doença das Coronárias
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HDL-Colesterol
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Hipolipemiantes
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Article