Caduet vs Usual Care in Subjects With Hypertension and Additional Risk Factors

Summary

To investigate whether a Caduet based treatment strategy might result in greater reduction in total cardiovascular risk as compared to usual care in subjects with hypertension and additional risk factors.

Timeline

Start

2007-03

Primary completion

2009-10

Completion

2009-10

Publications

• Cho EJ, Kim JH, Sutradhar S, Yunis C, Westergaard M; CRUCIAL Trial Investigators. Proactive multifactorial intervention strategy reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease estimated with region-specific risk assessment models in Pacific Asian patients participating in the CRUCIAL trial. J Korean Med Sci. 2013 Dec;28(12):1741-8. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.12.1741. Epub 2013 Nov 26.
• Hradec J, Zamorano J, Sutradhar S. Post hoc analysis of the Cluster Randomized Usual Care versus Caduet Investigation Assessing Long-term risk (CRUCIAL) trial. Curr Med Res Opin. 2013 Jun;29(6):589-96. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2013.783795. Epub 2013 Apr 3.
• Kim JH, Zamorano J, Erdine S, Pavia A, Al-Khadra A, Sutradhar S, Yunis C; CR UCIAL Investigators. Proactive cardiovascular risk management versus usual care in patients with and without diabetes mellitus: CRUCIAL trial subanalysis. Postgrad Med. 2012 Jul;124(4):41-53. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2012.07.2565.
• Zamorano J, Erdine S, Pavia A, Kim JH, Al-Khadra A, Westergaard M, Sutradhar S, Yunis C; CRUCIAL Investigators. Proactive multiple cardiovascular risk factor management compared with usual care in patients with hypertension and additional risk factors: the CRUCIAL trial. Curr Med Res Opin. 2011 Apr;27(4):821-33. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2011.555754. Epub 2011 Feb 10.

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