therapy* Actions COVID-19 / mortality* Actions Case-Control Studies Actions Cohort Studies Actions Comorbidity Actions Denmark / epidemiology Actions Female Actions Humans Actions Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use* Actions Male Actions Middle Aged Actions Pandemics Actions Proportional Hazards Models Actions Registries Actions Risk Factors Actions SARS-CoV-2 Actions Severity of Illness Index Actions Substances Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Actions (...) Association between statin use and outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a nationwide cohort study Association between statin use and outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a nationwide cohort study - PubMed This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly

Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis - PubMed This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. COVID (...) : 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6084. Online ahead of print. Evaluation of Time to Benefit of Statins for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Adults Aged 50 to 75 Years: A Meta-analysis , , , , , , , , , , Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. 2 Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care Service Line, San Francisco VA (Veterans Affairs) Health Care System, San Francisco, California. 3 Division

Add a fibrate to a statin? Add a fibrate to a statin? Toggle navigation Shared more. Cited more. Safe forever. Toggle navigation View Item JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it. Search MOspace This Collection Browse Statistics Add a fibrate to a statin? View/ Open Date 2010-10 Format Metadata Abstract Do not routinely add a fibrate to a statin for patients with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for cardiovascular events. Stength

Interventions to Improve Statin Tolerance and Adherence in Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease : A Systematic Review for the 2020 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Guidelines for Management of Dyslipidemia. Strategies to improve patients' tolerance of and adherence to statins may enhance the effectiveness of dyslipidemia treatment in those at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).To assess the benefits and harms of interventions to improve statin (...) adherence in patients at risk for CVD.MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library from December 2013 through May 2019 (English language only).Systematic reviews (SRs), randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and cohort studies that addressed interventions for improving statin tolerance and adherence.One investigator abstracted data and assessed study quality, and a second investigator checked abstractions and assessments for accuracy.One SR, 1 RCT, and 4 cohort studies were included. The SR found

In patients with ASCVD and elevated LDL-C with maximal statin therapy, inclisiran reduced LDL-C levels at 18 months. Ray KK, Wright RS, Kallend D, et al. Two phase 3 trials of inclisiran in patients with elevated LDL cholesterol. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:1507-19. 32187462.

Statins for asthma. Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease. People with asthma have inflammation of their airways that causes recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness and chest tightness, with or without a cough. Statins possess multiple therapeutic effects, including lowering lipid levels in the blood. Statins are reported to have a potential role as an adjunct treatment in asthma. However, comprehensive evidence of the benefits and harms of using statins is required (...) to facilitate decision making.To assess the benefits and harms of statins as an adjunct therapy for asthma in adults and children.We searched for studies in the Cochrane Airways Trials Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), MEDLINE Ovid SP and Embase Ovid SP, from their inception dates We handsearched the proceedings of major respiratory conferences. We also searched clinical trials registries for completed, ongoing and unpublished studies, and scanned the reference lists

Stroke Prevention With the PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin-Kexin Type 9) Inhibitor Evolocumab Added to Statin in High-Risk Patients With Stable Atherosclerosis Stroke Prevention With the PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin-Kexin Type 9) Inhibitor Evolocumab Added to Statin in High-Risk Patients With Stable Atherosclerosis - PubMed This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Clipboard, Search History, and several (...) for external citation management software Create file Cancel Your RSS Feed Name of RSS Feed: Number of items displayed: Create RSS Cancel RSS Link Copy Actions Cite Share Permalink Copy Page navigation Stroke Actions . 2020 May;51(5):1546-1554. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.027759. Epub 2020 Apr 21. Stroke Prevention With the PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin-Kexin Type 9) Inhibitor Evolocumab Added to Statin in High-Risk Patients With Stable Atherosclerosis , , , , , , , , , , , , Affiliations Expand

Statins and Major Adverse Limb Events in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Statins and Major Adverse Limb Events in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. National Institutes of Health National (...) of items displayed: Create RSS Cancel RSS Link Copy Actions Cite Share Permalink Copy Page navigation Thromb Haemost Actions . 2020 May;120(5):866-875. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1709711. Epub 2020 May 5. Statins and Major Adverse Limb Events in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis , , , , , , Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. 2 Department

Is There a Role For Statin Therapy in Acute Viral Infections? Is There a Role For Statin Therapy in Acute Viral Infections? - American College of Cardiology ') Search All Types Search or Menu Accessed 3/14/2020 Share via: Clinical Topics: Keywords: Cardiology Magazine, ACC Publications, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated, Influenza, Human, Cardiovascular Diseases, Outpatients, Coronavirus Infections, Primary Prevention, Atherosclerosis, Orthomyxoviridae, Pneumonia (...) , Bacterial, Diabetes Mellitus, Rhabdomyolysis, Administration, Oral, Anti-Inflammatory Agents > > Is There a Role For Statin Therapy in Acute Viral Infections? Heart House 2400 N Street NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: , ext. 5603 or , ext. 5603 E-mail: Fax: (202) 375-7000 © 2020 American College of Cardiology Foundation. All rights reserved.

Association Between Genetically Proxied Inhibition of HMG-CoA Reductase and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Preclinical and epidemiological studies indicate a potential chemopreventive role of statins in epithelial ovarian cancer risk.To evaluate the association of genetically proxied inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase (ie, genetic variants related to lower function of HMG-CoA reductase, target of statins) with epithelial ovarian cancer among the general (...) population and in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in HMGCR, NPC1L1, and PCSK9 associated with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis (N ≤196 475) were used to proxy therapeutic inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase, Niemann-Pick C1-Like 1 (NPC1L1) and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), respectively. Summary statistics were obtained for these SNPs from a GWAS meta-analysis of case-control analyses

lipid or blood pressure levels with appropriate medications). 3 Reducing increased lipid levels is important for the prevention of CVD events. 4 Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are currently the main class of lipid-lowering drugs and their use reduces the risk of CVD- associated morbidity and mortality. 2 Use of statins: online tool KCE Report 324 Dyslipidaemia is a trouble of function and/or concentration of plasmatic lipids. It includes a number of lipid metabolism troubles that may (...) : Cardiovascular Diseases; Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; Primary prevention NLM Classification: WG 120 Language: English Format: Adobe® PDF™ (A4) Legal depot: D/2019/10.273/71 ISSN: 2466-6459 Copyright: KCE reports are published under a “by/nc/nd” Creative Commons Licence http://kce.fgov.be/content/about-copyrights-for-kce-publications. How to refer to this document? De Meester C, Rondia K, Goorden T, Janssens S, Steyaert P, De Laet, C, Albertijn M, Kohn L

Recommendations for (Discontinuation of) Statin Treatment in Older Adults: Review of Guidelines As a person's age increases and his/her health status declines, new challenges arise that may lead physicians to consider deprescribing statins. We aimed to provide insight into recommendations available in international cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines regarding discontinuation of statin treatment applicable to older adults.We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, EMCARE (...) , and the websites of guideline development organizations and online guideline repositories for cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines aimed at the general population. We selected all guidelines with recommendations (instructions and suggestions) on discontinuation of statin treatment applicable to older adults, published between January 2009 and April 2019. In addition, we performed a synthesis of information from all other recommendations for older adults regarding statin treatment. Methodological

Effect of Bempedoic Acid vs Placebo Added to Maximally Tolerated Statins on Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: The CLEAR Wisdom Randomized Clinical Trial. Additional treatment options are needed for patients who do not achieve sufficient reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level with available lipid-lowering therapies.To assess the efficacy of bempedoic acid vs placebo in patients at high cardiovascular risk receiving (...) % to -9.9%]; P < .001), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (median, -18.7% vs -9.4%; difference, -8.7% [asymptotic confidence limits, -17.2% to -0.4%]; P = .04). Common adverse events included nasopharyngitis (5.2% vs 5.1% with bempedoic acid and placebo, respectively), urinary tract infection (5.0% vs 1.9%), and hyperuricemia (4.2% vs 1.9%).Among patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease receiving maximally tolerated statins, the addition of bempedoic acid compared with placebo resulted

Diagnosis of osteoporosis in statin-treated patients is dose-dependent Whether HMG-CoA-reductase inhibition, the main mechanism of statins, plays a role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, is not entirely known so far. Consequently, this study was set out to investigate the relationship of different kinds and dosages of statins with osteoporosis, hypothesising that the inhibition of the synthesis of cholesterol could influence sex-hormones and therefore the diagnosis of osteoporosis.Medical (...) claims data of all Austrians from 2006 to 2007 was used to identify all patients treated with statins to compute their daily defined dose averages of six different types of statins. We applied multiple logistic regression to analyse the dose-dependent risks of being diagnosed with osteoporosis for each statin individually.In the general study population, statin treatment was associated with an overrepresentation of diagnosed osteoporosis compared with controls (OR: 3.62, 95% CI 3.55 to 3.69, p<0.01

20-Year Follow-up of Statins in Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Familial hypercholesterolemia is characterized by severely elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and premature cardiovascular disease. The short-term efficacy of statin therapy in children is well established, but longer follow-up studies evaluating changes in the risk of cardiovascular disease are scarce.We report a 20-year follow-up study of statin therapy in children. A total of 214 patients (...) of age was lower among the patients with familial hypercholesterolemia than among their affected parents (1% vs. 26% and 0% vs. 7%, respectively).In this study, initiation of statin therapy during childhood in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia slowed the progression of carotid intima-media thickness and reduced the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. (Funded by the AMC Foundation.).Copyright © 2019 Massachusetts Medical Society.

Use of fenofibrate on cardiovascular outcomes in statin users with metabolic syndrome: propensity matched cohort study. To investigate whether fenofibrate as add-on to statin treatment reduce persistent cardiovascular risk in adults with metabolic syndrome in a real world setting.Propensity matched cohort study.Population based cohort in Korea.29 771 adults with metabolic syndrome (≥40 years) receiving statin treatment. 2156 participants receiving combined treatment (statin plus fenofibrate (...) ) were weighted based on propensity score in a 1:5 ratio with 8549 participants using statin only treatment.Primary outcome was composite cardiovascular events including incident coronary heart disease, ischaemic stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes.The incidence rate per 1000 person years of composite cardiovascular events was 17.7 (95% confidence interval 14.4 to 21.8) in the combined treatment group and 22.0 (20.1 to 24.1) in the statin group. The risk of composite cardiovascular events

Lipophilic Statins and Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Death in Patients With Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Results From a Nationwide Swedish Population. Whether statin type influences hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) incidence or mortality in chronic hepatitis B or C virus infection is unknown.To assess the relationship between lipophilic or hydrophilic statin use and HCC incidence and mortality in a nationwide population with viral hepatitis.Prospective propensity score (PS)-matched (...) cohort.Swedish registers, 2005 to 2013.A PS-matched cohort of 16 668 adults (8334 who initiated statin use [6554 lipophilic and 1780 hydrophilic] and 8334 nonusers) among 63 279 eligible adults.Time to incident HCC, ascertained from validated registers. Statin use was defined from filled prescriptions as 30 or more cumulative defined daily doses (cDDDs).Compared with matched nonusers, 10-year HCC risk was significantly lower among lipophilic statin users (8.1% vs. 3.3%; absolute risk difference [RD], -4.8

Statins versus placebo for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable respiratory disease. COPD exacerbations are associated with worse quality of life, increased hospitalisations, and increased mortality. Currently available pharmacological interventions have variable impact on exacerbation frequency. The anti-inflammatory effects of statins may lead to decreased pulmonary and systemic inflammation (...) , resulting in fewer exacerbations of COPD. Several observational studies have shown potential benefits of statins for patients with COPD.This review aims to evaluate available evidence on benefits and harms associated with statin therapy compared with placebo as adjunct therapy for patients with COPD. Primary objectives include the following.• To determine whether statins reduce mortality rates in COPD.• To determine whether statins reduce exacerbation frequency, improve quality of life, or improve lung

Statin therapy increases lipoprotein(a) levels Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is elevated in 20-30% of people. This study aimed to assess the effect of statins on Lp(a) levels.This subject-level meta-analysis includes 5256 patients (1371 on placebo and 3885 on statin) from six randomized trials, three statin-vs.-placebo trials, and three statin-vs.-statin trials, with pre- and on-treatment (4-104 weeks) Lp(a) levels. Statins included atorvastatin 10 mg/day and 80 mg/day, pravastatin 40 mg/day (...) , rosuvastatin 40 mg/day, and pitavastatin 2 mg/day. Lipoprotein(a) levels were measured with the same validated assay. The primary analysis of Lp(a) is based on the log-transformed data. In the statin-vs.-placebo pooled analysis, the ratio of geometric means [95% confidence interval (CI)] for statin to placebo is 1.11 (1.07-1.14) (P < 0.0001), with ratio >1 indicating a higher increase in Lp(a) from baseline in statin vs. placebo. The mean percent change from baseline ranged from 8.5% to 19.6% in the statin

Randomised Study of Evolocumab in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidaemia on Background Statin: Primary Results of the BERSON Clinical Trial To evaluate the lipid-lowering efficacy and safety of evolocumab combined with background atorvastatin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hyperlipidaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia.BERSON was a double-blind, 12-week, phase 3 study (NCT02662569) conducted in 10 countries. Patients ≥18 to ≤80 years with type T2DM received atorvastatin (...) -treated patients, and there were no clinically meaningful differences in changes over time in glycaemic variables (fasting serum glucose and HbA1c) between the two groups.In patients with T2DM and hyperlipidaemia or mixed dyslipidaemia on statin, evolocumab significantly reduced LDL-C and other atherogenic lipids, was well tolerated, and had no notable impact on glycaemic measures.© 2019 The Authors. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.