drugset / Trial / NCT00182039

Summary

This trial will evaluate the ability of metoprolol (a beta-blocker drug) to prevent heart attacks and deaths around the time of surgery.

Timeline

Start
2002-10
Primary completion
2007-07
Completion
2007-08

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

Stopped: “Please see detailed description for reason why study was terminated.”

paper reached the primary endpoint (244 [5.8%] patients in the metoprolol group vs 290 [6.9%] in the placebo group; hazard ratio 0.84, 95% CI 0.70-0.99; p=0.0399). PMID 18479744 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Metoprolol Other / unclassified 200 mg Oral