Novartis Trial Was Stopped Early Because Of A Significant Drop In Cardiovascular Mortality

The largest-ever trial in heart failure was stopped early because of a highly statistically significant reduction in cardiovascular mortality, according to one of the trial’s two primary investigators.

Earlier today I reported that the PARADIGM-HF trial testing LCZ696, a novel, first-in-class Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitor (ARNI), had been stopped early because the trial had demonstrated a significant reduction in the combined primary endpoint of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization. This information was taken from a Novartis press release.

But it turns out that the press release wasn’t entirely accurate. For once, a company appears to have actually downplayed a positive finding in its trial….

Click here to read the full post on Forbes.

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