PMID: 16526203Mar 11, 2006Paper

The FIELD study presented and published. Unconvincing results of fenofibrates in diabetic patients

Vnitr̆ní lékar̆ství
J Widimský

Abstract

The prognosis of the patients with the Type II diabetes mellitus without myocardial infarction is as serious as the prognosis of the patients who had experienced myocardial infarction without diabetes mellitus. Consequently there is a big interest of IHD prevention options in diabetic patients, not only by hypertension therapy, but also by hypolipidemic treatment. That is why the results of FIELD study were expected with a great interest. FIELD study randomized 9 795 patients with the Type II diabetes mellitus and initial values of total cholesterol 3.0 to 6.5 mmol/l and in addition with total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol rate > or = 4.0 or with the values of plasmatic triglycerides between 1.0 and 5.0 mmol/l for treatment with 200 mg of micronized phenophibrate or placebo. As phenophibrate positively influences the typical lipid disorder at diabetic patients, the throughout positive results of phenophibrate had been expected. Study did not fulfil the primary objective of the study of coronary deaths/ non fatal myocardial infarctions (insignificant decrease by 11%). Although phenophibrate significantly decreased non fatal myocardial infarctions and myocardial revascularizations, total mortality and cardiovascular mortality were ...Continue Reading

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