Coronary Drug Project

Summary

To determine whether regular administration of lipid modifying drugs (clofibrate, nicotinic acid, estrogen, dextrothyroxine) to men with a documented myocardial infarction would result in significant reduction in total mortality over a five year period. Secondarily, to determine whether the degree to which these drugs changed serum lipids was correlated with any effect on mortality and morbidity rates; to gain further information on the long-term prognosis of myocardial infarction (by studying the control group as intensively as the treatment group); to acquire further experience and knowledge concerning the techniques and methodology of long-term clinical trials; to determine, in a substudy, the effectiveness of aspirin, a platelet inhibitor, in reducing recurrences of myocardial infarction.

Timeline

Start

1965-04

Primary completion

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Completion

1985-03

Publications

• Background Coronary Drug Project Enters Enrollment Phase (Medical News). JAMA, 200:37-38, l967.
• Background Parsons, W. Coronary Drug Project Deserves Support of Nation's Physicians. Cardiology Digest, January l967, pp. l3-l6.
• Background Coronary Drug Project, Publication l695. National Heart Institute, Public Health Service, l968.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group: Control of Hyperlipidemia: 4. Progress in Drug Trials of Secondary Prevention with Particular Reference to the Coronary Drug Project, in Jones, R.J. (ed), Atherosclerosis (Proceedings of the Second International Symposium). New York, Springer-Verlag, l970, pp. 586-595.
• Background The Coronary Drug Project. Initial findings leading to modifications of its research protocol. JAMA. 1970 Nov 16;214(7):1303-13. No abstract available.
• Background Heart Drug Project Yields Good Results (Medical News). JAMA, 2l3:954-956, l970.
• Background The coronary drug project. Findings leading to further modifications of its protocol with respect to dextrothyroxine. The coronary drug project research group. JAMA. 1972 May 15;220(7):996-1008. No abstract available.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group: The Natural History of Myocardial Infarction in the Coronary Drug Project: Prognostic Indicators Following Infarction, in Tibblin, G., Keys, A., Werko, L. (eds), Preventive Cardiology, Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, l972, pp. 54-64.
• Background The prognostic importance of the electrocardiogram after myocardial infarction. Experience in the Coronary Drug Project. Ann Intern Med. 1972 Nov;77(5):677-89. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-77-5-677. No abstract available.
• Background The coronary drug project. Design, methods, and baseline results. Circulation. 1973 Mar;47(3 Suppl):I1-50. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.47.3s1.i-1. No abstract available.
• Background Prognostic importance of premature beats following myocardial infarction. Experience in the coronary drug project. JAMA. 1973 Mar 5;223(10):1116-24. doi: 10.1001/jama.1973.03220100016005. No abstract available.
• Background The Coronary Drug Project. Findings leading to discontinuation of the 2.5-mg day estrogen group. The coronary Drug Project Research Group. JAMA. 1973 Nov 5;226(6):652-7. No abstract available.
• Background Left ventricular hypertrophy patterns and prognosis. Experience postinfarction in the Coronary Drug Project. Circulation. 1974 May;49(5):862-9. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.49.5.862. No abstract available.
• Background Factors influencing long-term prognosis after recovery from myocardial infarction--three-year findings of the coronary drug project. J Chronic Dis. 1974 Aug;27(6):267-85. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(74)90091-5. No abstract available.
• Background The prognostic importance of premature ventricular complexes in the late post-infarction period. Experience in the Cornary Drug Project. Acta Cardiol. 1974;Suppl 18:33-53. No abstract available.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group: The Coronary Drug Project: A Secondary Prevention Trial, in Schettler, G. and Weizel, A. (eds), Atherosclerosis III. Berlin/New York, Springer-Verlag, l974, pp. 729-747.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group: Some Methodology for Relating Serial Observations to Mortality in Men with Coronary Heart Disease (Abstract). Am J Epidemiol, l00:529, l974.
• Background Clofibrate and niacin in coronary heart disease. JAMA. 1975 Jan 27;231(4):360-81. No abstract available.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group: Reply to Letter to the Editor from D.J. Gans. JAMA, 234:22-23, l975.
• Background Serum uric acid: its association with other risk factors and with mortality in coronary heart disease. J Chronic Dis. 1976 Sep;29(9):557-69. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(76)90003-5. No abstract available.
• Background Aspirin in coronary heart disease. The Coronary Drug Project Research Group. J Chronic Dis. 1976 Oct;29(10):625-42.
• Background The prognostic importance of plasma glucose levels and of the use of oral hypoglycemic drugs after myocardial infarction in men. Diabetes. 1977 May;26(5):453-65.
• Background Wenger NK, Stamler J. The Coronary Drug Project: implications for clinical care. Prim Care. 1977 Jun;4(2):247-53. No abstract available.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group. Gallbladder disease as a side effect of drugs influencing lipid metabolism. Experience in the Coronary Drug Project. N Engl J Med. 1977 May 26;296(21):1185-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197705262962101.
• Background The coronary drug project aspirin study. Implications for clinical care. Coronary Drug Project Research Group. Prim Care. 1978 Mar;5(1):91-5. No abstract available.
• Background Natural history of myocardial infarction in the coronary drug project: long-term prognostic importance of serum lipid levels. Coronary Drug Project Research Group. Am J Cardiol. 1978 Sep;42(3):489-98. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(78)90946-3.
• Background Cigarette smoking as a risk factor in men with a prior history of myocardial infarction. The Coronary Drug Project Research Group. J Chronic Dis. 1979;32(6):415-25. doi: 10.1016/0021-9681(79)90102-4. No abstract available.
• Background Coronary Drug Project Research Group. Influence of adherence to treatment and response of cholesterol on mortality in the coronary drug project. N Engl J Med. 1980 Oct 30;303(18):1038-41. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198010303031804.
• Background Aspirin in coronary heart disease. The Coronary Drug Project Research Group. Circulation. 1980 Dec;62(6 Pt 2):V59-62.
• Background Canner PL, Halperin M. Implications of findings in the coronary drug project for secondary prevention trials in coronary heart disease. The coronary; drug project research group. Circulation. 1981 Jun;63(6):1342-50. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.63.6.1342. No abstract available.
• Background Practical aspects of decision making in clinical trials: the coronary drug project as a case study. The Coronary Drug Project Research Group. Control Clin Trials. 1981 May;1(4):363-76. doi: 10.1016/0197-2456(81)90041-6.
• Background Schlant RC, Forman S, Stamler J, Canner PL. The natural history of coronary heart disease: prognostic factors after recovery from myocardial infarction in 2789 men. The 5-year findings of the coronary drug project. Circulation. 1982 Aug;66(2):401-14. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.66.2.401. No abstract available.
• Background Blood pressure in survivors of myocardial infarction. The Coronary Drug Project Research Group. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1984 Dec;4(6):1135-47. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(84)80132-1.
• Murray EJ, Hernan MA. Improved adherence adjustment in the Coronary Drug Project. Trials. 2018 Mar 5;19(1):158. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2519-5.

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