Ezetimibe Lipid-Lowering Trial on Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in 75 or Older (EWTOPIA 75): A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Ouchi Y, Sasaki J, Arai H, Yokote K, Harada K, Katayama Y, Urabe T, Uchida Y, Hayashi M, Yokota N, Nishida H, Otonari T, Arai T, Sakuma I, Sakabe K, Yamamoto M, Kobayashi T, Oikawa S, Yamashita S, Rakugi H, Imai T, Tanaka S, Ohashi Y, Kuwabara M, Ito H.
Ouchi Y, et al.
Circulation. 2019 Sep 17;140(12):992-1003. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.039415. Epub 2019 Aug 22.
Circulation. 2019.
PMID: 31434507
Clinical Trial.
This trial tested whether LDL-C-lowering therapy with ezetimibe is useful for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in older patients. ...Ezetimibe reduced the incidence of the primary outcome (hazard ratio [HR], 0.66; 95% CI, 0.50-0.86; P=0.002). ...
This trial tested whether LDL-C-lowering therapy with ezetimibe is useful for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in olde …