drugset / Trial / NCT00106886
HOPE-2 Study (Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation-2 Study)
Phase 4
Unknown
5000 enrolled
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) · collabPopulation Health Research Institute · collab
RandomizedSingle-groupDouble-blindPrevention
Summary
The purpose of the HOPE-2 study is to determine whether long term supplementation with folic acid, vitamins B6 and B12 aimed at homocyst(e)ine reduction reduces the rates of major fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events in patients with established cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes mellitus.
Timeline
- Start
- 1999-12
- Primary completion
- —
- Completion
- 2005-10
Outcome
Missed primary endpoint
paper relative risk, 0.95; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.84 to 1.07; P=0.41 PMID 16531613 ↗
paper Supplements combining folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 did not reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with vascular disease. PMID 16531613 ↗
Publications
- Saposnik G, Ray JG, Sheridan P, McQueen M, Lonn E; Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation 2 Investigators. Homocysteine-lowering therapy and stroke risk, severity, and disability: additional findings from the HOPE 2 trial. Stroke. 2009 Apr;40(4):1365-72. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.529503. Epub 2009 Feb 19.
- Held C, Sumner G, Sheridan P, McQueen M, Smith S, Dagenais G, Yusuf S, Lonn E. Correlations between plasma homocysteine and folate concentrations and carotid atherosclerosis in high-risk individuals: baseline data from the Homocysteine and Atherosclerosis Reduction Trial (HART). Vasc Med. 2008 Nov;13(4):245-53. doi: 10.1177/1358863X08092102.
- Mann JF, Sheridan P, McQueen MJ, Held C, Arnold JM, Fodor G, Yusuf S, Lonn EM; HOPE-2 investigators. Homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in people with chronic kidney disease--results of the renal Hope-2 study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Feb;23(2):645-53. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfm485. Epub 2007 Nov 14.
- Sawka AM, Ray JG, Yi Q, Josse RG, Lonn E. Randomized clinical trial of homocysteine level lowering therapy and fractures. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Oct 22;167(19):2136-9. doi: 10.1001/archinte.167.19.2136. No abstract available.
- Ray JG, Kearon C, Yi Q, Sheridan P, Lonn E; Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation 2 (HOPE-2) Investigators. Homocysteine-lowering therapy and risk for venous thromboembolism: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jun 5;146(11):761-7. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-146-11-200706050-00157. Epub 2007 Apr 30.
- Lonn E, Yusuf S, Arnold MJ, Sheridan P, Pogue J, Micks M, McQueen MJ, Probstfield J, Fodor G, Held C, Genest J Jr; Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) 2 Investigators. Homocysteine lowering with folic acid and B vitamins in vascular disease. N Engl J Med. 2006 Apr 13;354(15):1567-77. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa060900. Epub 2006 Mar 12.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pyridoxine | Unknown | 50 mg | — |
| Subject | Vitamin B12 | Other / unclassified | 1 mg | — |
| Subject | folic acid | Other / unclassified | 2.5 mg | — |