Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease With Polypill Among Pars Cohort Participants

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a fixed dose combination of enalapril (or valsartan), with hydrochlorthiazide, atorvastatin and acetylsalicylic acid (PolyPill) on primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in participants of Pars Cohort of Iran.

Timeline

Start

2015-12-20

Primary completion

2022-03-20

Completion

2022-03-20

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper In the control group, 176 (8.0%) of 2215 participants developed primary outcome, compared with 88 (4.0%) of 2200 participants in the polypill group. PMID 38485210 ↗

paper HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.38 to 0.65 PMID 38485210 ↗

Publications

• Background Roshandel G, Khoshnia M, Poustchi H, Hemming K, Kamangar F, Gharavi A, Ostovaneh MR, Nateghi A, Majed M, Navabakhsh B, Merat S, Pourshams A, Nalini M, Malekzadeh F, Sadeghi M, Mohammadifard N, Sarrafzadegan N, Naemi-Tabiei M, Fazel A, Brennan P, Etemadi A, Boffetta P, Thomas N, Marshall T, Cheng KK, Malekzadeh R. Effectiveness of polypill for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (PolyIran): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2019 Aug 24;394(10199):672-683. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31791-X.
• Background Malekzadeh F, Marshall T, Pourshams A, Gharravi M, Aslani A, Nateghi A, Rastegarpanah M, Khoshnia M, Semnani S, Salahi R, Thomas GN, Larijani B, Cheng KK, Malekzadeh R. A pilot double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of fixed-dose combination therapy ('polypill') on cardiovascular risk factors. Int J Clin Pract. 2010 Aug;64(9):1220-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02412.x.
• Background Ostovaneh MR, Poustchi H, Hemming K, Marjani H, Pourshams A, Nateghi A, Majed M, Navabakhsh B, Khoshnia M, Jaafari E, Mohammadifard N, Malekzadeh F, Merat S, Sadeghi M, Naemi M, Etemadi A, Thomas GN, Sarrafzadegan N, Cheng KK, Marshall T, Malekzadeh R. Polypill for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (PolyIran): study design and rationale for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2015 Dec;22(12):1609-17. doi: 10.1177/2047487314550803. Epub 2014 Sep 17.
• Background Lonn E, Bosch J, Teo KK, Pais P, Xavier D, Yusuf S. The polypill in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases: key concepts, current status, challenges, and future directions. Circulation. 2010 Nov 16;122(20):2078-88. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.873232. No abstract available.
• Background Malekzadeh F, Pourshams A, Marshall T. The preventive polypill--much promise, insufficient evidence. Arch Iran Med. 2007 Jul;10(3):430-1. No abstract available.
• Background Majed M, Moradmand Badie S. A pilot double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of fixed-dose combination therapy ('polypill') on cardiovascular risk factors. Arch Iran Med. 2011 Jan;14(1):78-80. No abstract available.
• Background PILL Collaborative Group; Rodgers A, Patel A, Berwanger O, Bots M, Grimm R, Grobbee DE, Jackson R, Neal B, Neaton J, Poulter N, Rafter N, Raju PK, Reddy S, Thom S, Vander Hoorn S, Webster R. An international randomised placebo-controlled trial of a four-component combination pill ("polypill") in people with raised cardiovascular risk. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e19857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019857. Epub 2011 May 25.
• Background Yusuf S, Pais P, Sigamani A, Xavier D, Afzal R, Gao P, Teo KK. Comparison of risk factor reduction and tolerability of a full-dose polypill (with potassium) versus low-dose polypill (polycap) in individuals at high risk of cardiovascular diseases: the Second Indian Polycap Study (TIPS-2) investigators. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012 Jul 1;5(4):463-71. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963637. Epub 2012 Jul 10.
• Background Indian Polycap Study (TIPS); Yusuf S, Pais P, Afzal R, Xavier D, Teo K, Eikelboom J, Sigamani A, Mohan V, Gupta R, Thomas N. Effects of a polypill (Polycap) on risk factors in middle-aged individuals without cardiovascular disease (TIPS): a phase II, double-blind, randomised trial. Lancet. 2009 Apr 18;373(9672):1341-51. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60611-5. Epub 2009 Mar 30.
• Background Wald NJ, Law MR. A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%. BMJ. 2003 Jun 28;326(7404):1419. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7404.1419.
• Malekzadeh F, Gandomkar A, Poustchi H, Etemadi A, Roshandel G, Attar A, Abtahi F, Sadeghi Boogar S, Mohammadkarimi V, Fattahi MR, Mohagheghi A, Malekzadeh R, Sepanlou SG. Effectiveness of polypill for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial (PolyPars). Heart. 2024 Jun 25;110(14):940-946. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323614.
• Malekzadeh F, Gandomkar A, Malekzadeh Z, Poustchi H, Moghadami M, Fattahi MR, Moini M, Anushiravani A, Mortazavi R, Sadeghi Boogar S, Mohammadkarimi V, Abtahi F, Merat S, Sepanlou SG, Malekzadeh R. Effectiveness of Polypill for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (PolyPars): Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Iran Med. 2020 Aug 1;23(8):548-556. doi: 10.34172/aim.2020.58.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Aspirin	Small molecule	81 mg	—
Subject	Atorvastatin	Small molecule	20 mg	—
Subject	Enalapril	Other / unclassified	5 mg	—
Subject	Hydrochlorothiazide	Unknown	12.5 mg	—
Subject	Valsartan	Unknown	40 mg	—

Indications