cardiovascular prevention | versus placebo or control No demonstrated result for efficacy | 3 trials | meta-analysis | | Trial | control | p<0.05 | harm | NS |
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NHLBI (Brensike), 1984 | cholestyramine vs placebo | | | all cause deaths 0.72 [0.24; 2.18] coronary deaths 0.85 [0.27; 2.64] non cardiovascular death 0.00 [0.00; NaN] | LRC, 1984 | cholestyramine vs placebo | | | all cause deaths 0.95 [0.69; 1.32] coronary deaths 0.79 [0.49; 1.26] coronary events 0.83 [0.67; 1.01] décès par cancer 1.06 [0.53; 2.14] MI non fatal 0.82 [0.66; 1.03] non cardiovascular death 1.15 [0.72; 1.82] | STARS (cholestyramine), 1992 | cholestyramine vs control | | | all cause deaths 0.00 [0.00; NaN] cardiac death 0.00 [0.00; NaN] non cardiovascular death NaN [NaN; NaN] |
Trial | Treatments | Patients | Method |
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NHLBI (Brensike), 1984 | cholestyramine (n=71) vs. placebo (n=72)
| patients with Type II hyperlipoproteinemia and coronary artery disease
| double blind Parallel groups Sample size: 71/72 Primary endpoint: not defined FU duration: 5.0 y
| LRC, 1984 | cholestyramine 24 g daily (n=1906) vs. placebo (n=1900) | asymptomatic middle-aged men with primary hypercholesterolemia (type II hyperlipoproteinemia) | double blind Parallel groups Sample size: 1906/1900 Primary endpoint: definite CHD death, MI FU duration: 7.4 years | STARS (cholestyramine), 1992 | cholestyramine (n=30) vs. diet (n=30)
| patients with angina or past myocardial infarction
| Sample size: 30/30 Primary endpoint: FU duration: 3 years
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