A Study Examining Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin And Atorvastatin Effects On Clinical CV Events In Patients With Heart Disease

Summary

The Torcetrapib project was terminated on December 2, 2006 due to safety findings. To demonstrate if torcetrapib/atorvastatin can reduce the risk for major cardiovascular disease events, when compared to atorvastatin alone, in patients with coronary heart disease or risk equivalents

Timeline

Start

2004-07

Primary completion

2007-06

Completion

2007-06

Publications

• Arsenault BJ, Petrides F, Tabet F, Bao W, Hovingh GK, Boekholdt SM, Ramin-Mangata S, Meilhac O, DeMicco D, Rye KA, Waters DD, Kastelein JJP, Barter P, Lambert G. Effect of atorvastatin, cholesterol ester transfer protein inhibition, and diabetes mellitus on circulating proprotein subtilisin kexin type 9 and lipoprotein(a) levels in patients at high cardiovascular risk. J Clin Lipidol. 2018 Jan-Feb;12(1):130-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.10.001. Epub 2017 Oct 12.
• Williams SA, Murthy AC, DeLisle RK, Hyde C, Malarstig A, Ostroff R, Weiss SJ, Segal MR, Ganz P. Improving Assessment of Drug Safety Through Proteomics: Early Detection and Mechanistic Characterization of the Unforeseen Harmful Effects of Torcetrapib. Circulation. 2018 Mar 6;137(10):999-1010. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028213. Epub 2017 Oct 3.
• Bagdade J, Barter P, Quiroga C, Alaupovic P. Effects of Torcetrapib and Statin Treatment on ApoC-III and Apoprotein-Defined Lipoprotein Subclasses (from the ILLUMINATE Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2017 Jun 1;119(11):1753-1756. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.02.049. Epub 2017 Mar 18.
• Barter PJ, Rye KA, Tardif JC, Waters DD, Boekholdt SM, Breazna A, Kastelein JJ. Effect of torcetrapib on glucose, insulin, and hemoglobin A1c in subjects in the Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact in Atherosclerotic Events (ILLUMINATE) trial. Circulation. 2011 Aug 2;124(5):555-62. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.018259. Epub 2011 Jul 18.
• Dogan S, Duivenvoorden R, Grobbee DE, Kastelein JJ, Shear CL, Evans GW, Visseren FL, Bots ML; Radiance 1 and Radiance 2 Study Groups. Ultrasound protocols to measure carotid intima-media thickness in trials; comparison of reproducibility, rate of progression, and effect of intervention in subjects with familial hypercholesterolemia and subjects with mixed dyslipidemia. Ann Med. 2010 Sep;42(6):447-64. doi: 10.3109/07853890.2010.499132.
• Dogan S, Duivenvoorden R, Grobbee DE, Kastelein JJ, Shear CL, Evans GW, Visseren FL, Bots ML; Radiance 1 and 2 Study Groups. Completeness of carotid intima media thickness measurements depends on body composition: the RADIANCE 1 and 2 trials. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2010 May;17(5):526-35. doi: 10.5551/jat.3269. Epub 2010 Mar 13.
• Vergeer M, Bots ML, van Leuven SI, Basart DC, Sijbrands EJ, Evans GW, Grobbee DE, Visseren FL, Stalenhoef AF, Stroes ES, Kastelein JJ. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor torcetrapib and off-target toxicity: a pooled analysis of the rating atherosclerotic disease change by imaging with a new CETP inhibitor (RADIANCE) trials. Circulation. 2008 Dec 9;118(24):2515-22. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.772665. Epub 2008 Nov 24.
• Barter PJ, Caulfield M, Eriksson M, Grundy SM, Kastelein JJ, Komajda M, Lopez-Sendon J, Mosca L, Tardif JC, Waters DD, Shear CL, Revkin JH, Buhr KA, Fisher MR, Tall AR, Brewer B; ILLUMINATE Investigators. Effects of torcetrapib in patients at high risk for coronary events. N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 22;357(21):2109-22. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0706628. Epub 2007 Nov 5.

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