March 31st, 2014
Novartis Trial Was Stopped Early Because of a Significant Drop in Cardiovascular Mortality
Larry Husten, PHD
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 […]
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