1. Intensive Lipid Lowering With Atorvastatin in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease: The TNT (Treating to New Targets) Study
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Shepherd, James, Kastelein, John J.P., Bittner, Vera, Deedwania, Prakash, Breazna, Andrei, Dobson, Stephen, Wilson, Daniel J., Zuckerman, Andrea, and Wenger, Nanette K.
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LIPIDS , *CORONARY disease , *KIDNEY diseases , *CORONARY heart disease treatment , *KIDNEY disease treatments - Abstract
Objectives: This subanalysis of the TNT (Treating to New Targets) study investigates the effects of intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) with and without pre-existing chronic kidney disease (CKD). Background: Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CKD. Methods: A total of 10,001 patients with CHD were randomized to double-blind therapy with atorvastatin 80 mg/day or 10 mg/day. Patients with CKD were identified at baseline on the basis of an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 ml/min/1.73 m2 using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation. The primary efficacy outcome was time to first major cardiovascular event. Results: Of 9,656 patients with complete renal data, 3,107 had CKD at baseline and demonstrated greater cardiovascular comorbidity than those with normal eGFR (n = 6,549). After a median follow-up of 5.0 years, 351 patients with CKD (11.3%) experienced a major cardiovascular event, compared with 561 patients with normal eGFR (8.6%) (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18 to 1.54; p < 0.0001). Compared with atorvastatin 10 mg, atorvastatin 80 mg reduced the relative risk of major cardiovascular events by 32% in patients with CKD (HR = 0.68; 95% CI 0.55 to 0.84; p = 0.0003) and 15% in patients with normal eGFR (HR = 0.85; 95% CI 0.72 to 1.00; p = 0.049). Both doses of atorvastatin were well tolerated in patients with CKD. Conclusions: Aggressive lipid lowering with atorvastatin 80 mg was both safe and effective in reducing the excess of cardiovascular events in a high-risk population with CKD and CHD. (Treating to New Targets Study; NCT00327691) [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2008
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