Efficacy of Pioglitazone on Macrovascular Outcome in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pioglitazone, once daily (QD), can delay the time to death, heart attack, acute coronary syndrome, heart bypass surgery, stroke, leg bypass surgery or amputation in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Timeline

Start

2001-05

Primary completion

2005-01

Completion

2005-01

Publications

• Background Bottomley JM, Palmer AJ, Williams R, Dormandy JA, Massi-Benedetti M. PROactive 03: Pioglitazone, type 2 diabetes and reducing macrovascular events - economic implications?. Br J Diabetes Vasc Dis 2006;6(Pt 2):64-69
• Background Kirby,M, Heart Disease Prevention - What Place for the Glitazones. Br J Cardiol 2006;13:(1):66-70.
• Background Brandle M, Goodall G, Erny-Albrecht KM, Erdmann E, Valentine WJ. Cost-effectiveness of pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes and a history of macrovascular disease in a Swiss setting. Swiss Med Wkly. 2009 Mar 21;139(11-12):173-84. doi: 10.4414/smw.2009.12381.
• Background Betteridge DJ, DeFronzo RA, Chilton RJ. PROactive: time for a critical appraisal. Eur Heart J. 2008 Apr;29(8):969-83. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn114. Epub 2008 Mar 28.
• Background Scherbaum WA, Goodall G, Erny-Albrecht KM, Massi-Benedetti M, Erdmann E, Valentine WJ. Cost-effectiveness of pioglitazone in type 2 diabetes patients with a history of macrovascular disease: a German perspective. Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2009 May 5;7:9. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-7-9.
• Background van Troostenburg de Bruyn AR, Dormandy J. Risk of thiazolidinedione-associated fracture should be appropriately assessed. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jan 25;170(2):209-10. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.487. No abstract available.
• Results Dormandy JA, Charbonnel B, Eckland DJ, Erdmann E, Massi-Benedetti M, Moules IK, Skene AM, Tan MH, Lefebvre PJ, Murray GD, Standl E, Wilcox RG, Wilhelmsen L, Betteridge J, Birkeland K, Golay A, Heine RJ, Koranyi L, Laakso M, Mokan M, Norkus A, Pirags V, Podar T, Scheen A, Scherbaum W, Schernthaner G, Schmitz O, Skrha J, Smith U, Taton J; PROactive Investigators. Secondary prevention of macrovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes in the PROactive Study (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005 Oct 8;366(9493):1279-89. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67528-9.
• Results Schneider CA, Ferrannini E, Defronzo R, Schernthaner G, Yates J, Erdmann E. Effect of pioglitazone on cardiovascular outcome in diabetes and chronic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jan;19(1):182-7. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2007060678. Epub 2007 Dec 5.
• Results Ryden L, Thrainsdottir I, Swedberg K. Adjudication of serious heart failure in patients from PROactive. Lancet. 2007 Jan 20;369(9557):189-90. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60106-8. No abstract available.
• Results Erdmann E, Dormandy J, Wilcox R, Massi-Benedetti M, Charbonnel B. PROactive 07: pioglitazone in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: results of the PROactive study. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2007;3(4):355-70.
• Results Erdmann E, Dormandy JA. The Effect of Pioglitazone on Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in 2445 Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Preexisting Myocardial Infarction - Data from the PROactive Study. Circulation 2005;112:(21):3364-3364
• Results Erdmann E, Dormandy JA, Charbonnel B, Massi-Benedetti M, Moules IK, Skene AM; PROactive Investigators. The effect of pioglitazone on recurrent myocardial infarction in 2,445 patients with type 2 diabetes and previous myocardial infarction: results from the PROactive (PROactive 05) Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 May 1;49(17):1772-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.12.048. Epub 2007 Apr 16.
• Results Valentine WJ, Bottomley JM, Palmer AJ, Brandle M, Foos V, Williams R, Dormandy JA, Yates J, Tan MH, Massi-Benedetti M; PROactive Study Group. PROactive 06: cost-effectiveness of pioglitazone in Type 2 diabetes in the UK. Diabet Med. 2007 Sep;24(9):982-1002. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02188.x. Epub 2007 Jun 25.
• Results Wilcox R, Bousser MG, Betteridge DJ, Schernthaner G, Pirags V, Kupfer S, Dormandy J; PROactive Investigators. Effects of pioglitazone in patients with type 2 diabetes with or without previous stroke: results from PROactive (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events 04). Stroke. 2007 Mar;38(3):865-73. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000257974.06317.49. Epub 2007 Feb 8.
• Results Erdmann E, Charbonnel B, Wilcox RG, Skene AM, Massi-Benedetti M, Yates J, Tan M, Spanheimer R, Standl E, Dormandy JA; PROactive Investigators. Pioglitazone use and heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes and preexisting cardiovascular disease: data from the PROactive study (PROactive 08). Diabetes Care. 2007 Nov;30(11):2773-8. doi: 10.2337/dc07-0717. Epub 2007 Jul 31.
• Results Valentine WJ, Tucker D, Palmer AJ, Minshall ME, Foos V, Silberman C; PROactive Study Group. Long-term cost-effectiveness of pioglitazone versus placebo in addition to existing diabetes treatment: a US analysis based on PROactive. Value Health. 2009 Jan-Feb;12(1):1-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00403.x. Epub 2008 Jul 24.
• Results Wilcox R, Kupfer S, Erdmann E; PROactive Study investigators. Effects of pioglitazone on major adverse cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes: results from PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macro Vascular Events (PROactive 10). Am Heart J. 2008 Apr;155(4):712-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.029. Epub 2008 Feb 21.
• Results Charbonnel B, Dormandy J, Erdmann E, Massi-Benedetti M, Skene A; PROactive Study Group. The prospective pioglitazone clinical trial in macrovascular events (PROactive): can pioglitazone reduce cardiovascular events in diabetes? Study design and baseline characteristics of 5238 patients. Diabetes Care. 2004 Jul;27(7):1647-53. doi: 10.2337/diacare.27.7.1647.
• Results Spanheimer R, Betteridge DJ, Tan MH, Ferrannini E, Charbonnel B; PROactive Investigators. Long-term lipid effects of pioglitazone by baseline anti-hyperglycemia medication therapy and statin use from the PROactive experience (PROactive 14). Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jul 15;104(2):234-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.023. Epub 2009 Jun 3.
• Results Scheen AJ, Tan MH, Betteridge DJ, Birkeland K, Schmitz O, Charbonnel B; PROactive investigators. Long-term glycaemic control with metformin-sulphonylurea-pioglitazone triple therapy in PROactive (PROactive 17). Diabet Med. 2009 Oct;26(10):1033-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02816.x.
• Results Scheen AJ, Tan MH, Betteridge DJ, Birkeland K, Schmitz O, Charbonnel B; PROactive investigators. Long-term glycaemic effects of pioglitazone compared with placebo as add-on treatment to metformin or sulphonylurea monotherapy in PROactive (PROactive 18). Diabet Med. 2009 Dec;26(12):1242-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02857.x.
• Results Dormandy JA, Betteridge DJ, Schernthaner G, Pirags V, Norgren L; PROactive investigators. Impact of peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes--results from PROactive (PROactive 11). Atherosclerosis. 2009 Jan;202(1):272-81. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.03.002. Epub 2008 Mar 18.
• Results Spanheimer,RG, Ferrannini,E, Long term effects of pioglitazone on diabetic dyslipidemia independent of baseline statin use and antihyperglycemic medication: a review from PROactive. Asia Pac J Cardiol 2009;1:(1):75-81.
• Results Dormandy J, Bhattacharya M, van Troostenburg de Bruyn AR; PROactive investigators. Safety and tolerability of pioglitazone in high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes: an overview of data from PROactive. Drug Saf. 2009;32(3):187-202. doi: 10.2165/00002018-200932030-00002.
• Results Betteridge DJ. CHICAGO, PERISCOPE and PROactive: CV risk modification in diabetes with pioglitazone. Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Dec;23(6):675-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2009.00741.x. Epub 2009 Sep 10.
• Results Erdmann E, Spanheimer R, Charbonnel B; PROactive Study Investigators. Pioglitazone and the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with Type 2 diabetes receiving concomitant treatment with nitrates, renin-angiotensin system blockers, or insulin: results from the PROactive study (PROactive 20). J Diabetes. 2010 Sep;2(3):212-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-0407.2010.00082.x.
• Results Ferrannini E, Betteridge DJ, Dormandy JA, Charbonnel B, Wilcox RG, Spanheimer R, Erdmann E, Defronzo RA, Laakso M. High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and not HbA1c was directly related to cardiovascular outcome in PROactive. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2011 Aug;13(8):759-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2011.01404.x.
• Doehner W, Erdmann E, Cairns R, Clark AL, Dormandy JA, Ferrannini E, Anker SD. Inverse relation of body weight and weight change with mortality and morbidity in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular co-morbidity: an analysis of the PROactive study population. Int J Cardiol. 2012 Dec 15;162(1):20-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.09.039. Epub 2011 Oct 29.
• Pfister R, Cairns R, Erdmann E, Schneider CA; PROactive investigators. Prognostic impact of electrocardiographic signs in patients with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: results from the PROactive study. Diabet Med. 2011 Oct;28(10):1206-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03281.x.
• Charbonnel B, DeFronzo R, Davidson J, Schmitz O, Birkeland K, Pirags V, Scheen A; PROactive investigators. Pioglitazone use in combination with insulin in the prospective pioglitazone clinical trial in macrovascular events study (PROactive19). J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 May;95(5):2163-71. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-1974. Epub 2010 Mar 17.

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